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Labor Committee Votes to Advance Bill to Expand Farmworker Rights

The Legislature’s Labor Committee voted 6-4 on party lines last week to advance a bill to expand rights to farmworkers in Maine.

28, Apr, 2025

Labor Committee Endorses Retirement Security Legislation for Mental Health Crisis Workers

PHOTO: Riverview workers at the State House in 2016 to call on the Legislature to fix understaffing.

28, Apr, 2025

Firefighters Back Bill to Give Federal Firefighters Preference in Hiring for Municipal Positions

PHOTO: Federal firefighter Kyle Moser testifies in support of LD 1105.

28, Apr, 2025

UMaine Grad Workers to Hold Fair Contract Rally — Thurs. April 24

University of Maine Graduate Workers (UMGWU-UAW) have been bargaining for over 500 days and still don't have a contract. This is way too long to wait for the justice they deserve in the workplace.

18, Apr, 2025

Senator Collins Calls on President Trump to Restore Federal Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights

PHOTO: Senator Susan Collins and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

18, Apr, 2025

Maine AFL-CIO Demands Sheetmetal (SMART) Local 100 Union Member Be Brought Home from El Salvadoran Prison

PHOTO: Maine AFL-CIO Executive Board calls for the release of Brother Kilmar Ábrego García.

18, Apr, 2025