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Labor Reading to Host Lane Windham, Author of Knocking on Labor’s Door

Labor Reading to Host Lane Windham, Author of Knocking on Labor’s Door

The Maine AFL-CIO Readers hope you’ll join us (by Zoom) on Thursday, August 24, 5:30-7 pm as they meet with Lane Windham to discuss Knocking on Labor’s Door, her book about labor organizing in the 1970s.

21, Aug, 2023

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MSEA
MSEA Public Employees Ratify New Contracts With Improvements to Wages & Benefits

MSEA Public Employees Ratify New Contracts With Improvements to Wages & Benefits

Members of the Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA-SEIU 1989) in several public sector workplaces have been negotiating pay raises and better benefits in recent contracts. Below are some of the highlights.

21, Aug, 2023

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Pay Watch
New Report Finds CEO Pay Remains Egregiously High as Corporations Move to Implement AI, Displace Workers

New Report Finds CEO Pay Remains Egregiously High as Corporations Move to Implement AI, Displace Workers

Worker strikes are at an all-time high. And CEOs continue to claim they can’t afford to pay workers a living wage.

21, Aug, 2023

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Union Construction Academy of Maine’s Lewiston Cohort Includes Afghani Refugees, Asylum Seekers & Former Little Dog Workers

Union Construction Academy of Maine’s Lewiston Cohort Includes Afghani Refugees, Asylum Seekers & Former Little Dog Workers

The Maine AFL-CIO's Union Construction Academy of Maine is wrapping up its third week in Lewiston with an outstanding group of thirteen pre-apprentices.

28, Jul, 2023

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