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DOGE Lays Off Probationary Employees at Portsmouth Shipyard

DOGE Lays Off Probationary Employees at Portsmouth Shipyard

Six probationary civilian employees at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard were laid off Tuesday morning as part an effort by DOGE to cut the workforce of the Department of Defense. The decision to fire workers did not come from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard management, but the Department of the Navy.

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MaineDOT Workers, Community Members Picket Over Management’s Plan to Close Highway Maintenance Camp in Jay

MaineDOT Workers, Community Members Picket Over Management’s Plan to Close Highway Maintenance Camp in Jay

PHOTO: MDOT workers & supporters picket in Wilton on Tuesday.

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Maine AFL-CIO Condemns Dept. of Homeland Security for Stripping Collective Bargaining Rights for TSA Workers

Maine AFL-CIO Condemns Dept. of Homeland Security for Stripping Collective Bargaining Rights for TSA Workers

Last week Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a decision to eliminate the collective bargaining rights for the union representing 47,000 Transportation Security Officers (PSO), roughly 140 of whom work at Maine’s airports, with the Transportation Security Administratio

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Mental Health Crisis Workers Back Bill to Strengthen Retirement Security for Psychiatric Hospital Workers

Mental Health Crisis Workers Back Bill to Strengthen Retirement Security for Psychiatric Hospital Workers

PHOTO: Riverview worker Sally Nichols (AFSCME 1825) testifies for LD 579 on Wednesday.

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