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Remembering USW Leader Brian Wade, a ‘True Friend to So Many’

Remembering USW Leader Brian Wade, a ‘True Friend to So Many’

We are saddened to hear of the passing of former USW 1069 President Brian Wade, 65, on Saturday, February 3 with his family by his side. In a Facebook post his son, Travis Wade, announced his father’s death.

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Register Now For Maine AFL-CIO Labor Lobby Day in Augusta —March 7

Register Now For Maine AFL-CIO Labor Lobby Day in Augusta —March 7

IAM Local S6 members at the 2023 Labor Lobby Day

In the past five years, we have won key labor reforms in Augusta that strengthen our right to organize unions and increase economic security for all Maine workers.

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UCA
Celebrate Union Construction Academy Graduation on Feb 15 at USM

Celebrate Union Construction Academy Graduation on Feb 15 at USM

Please join us on Thursday, February 15at 5:30pm at the Abromson Center, on the ground floor, at the University of Southern Maine-Portland as we celebrate the graduation and accomplishments of the twenty pre-apprentices in the Winter 2024 cohort of the Maine AF

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Veteran Labor & Civil Rights Organizer Peter Kellman to Hold Discussion on Song & Social Movement in American History — Feb. 27

Author and longtime organizer Peter Kellman will be holding a discussion titled “Song and Social Movement in Modern American History” on Feb. 27 from 10am to 11:20 am at the Maine College of Art, 380 Cumberland Avenue in Portland. The event is free and open to the public.

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Leavitt
Union Members Testify in Support of Bill to Hold Employers Accountable for Violating Wage & Hour Laws

Union Members Testify in Support of Bill to Hold Employers Accountable for Violating Wage & Hour Laws

PHOTO: John Leavitt Carpenters Union Locals 349 & 352 testifies on LDs 372 & 2184.

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