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The Trump administration’s radical reorganization of the Social Security Administration is causing chaos and confusion in Maine Social Security offices, dramatically increasing wait times and causing stress for both employees and beneficiaries.

Congressman Jared Golden was joined on Thursday by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and other federal union leaders and Members of Congress to push for a vote on H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act of 2025.  

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Workers at the Shaw’s Distribution Center in Wells overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract that includes pay increases and pension improvements. The contract includes $5.05 per hour raise over four years, increases in employer pension contributions and straightening out of workflows.

Last month, two members of the Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA-SEIU 1989) joined SEIU’s “Justice Journey, retracing the freedom rides of the Civil Rights Movement to Louisiana to protest at an ICE detention camp against the Trump administration’s attacks on due process, family separatio