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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Workers: More than 225 Years of Struggle for Dignity, Fair Wages & Workers’ Rights

Photo: The launch of the USS Washington at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on October. 1, 1814,, with the USS Congress (1799) in attendence. Painting by John Samuel Blunt (1798-1835)

18, Apr, 2025

Union Members Demand "Hands Off" Unions, Workers' Rights, Health Care, & Social Security

Erin Oberson, RN (MSNA) raises a fist at the Hands Off rally in Augusta.

11, Apr, 2025

Trump's Funding Cuts Cause Lay Offs of Librarians for Visually Impaired & Print Disabled

On Wednesday, thirteen employees at the Maine State Library received layoff notices due to the Trump administration's cuts to library funding.

11, Apr, 2025

Houlton Regional Hospital Nurses Protest Closure of Labor & Delivery Unit at Town Hall

On Wednesday evening, nurses from Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) unit at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH)

11, Apr, 2025

Maine AFL-CIO Applauds Senator Collins Vote to Restore Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Rights

The Maine AFL-CIO applauds Sen. Collins recent vote to restore the collective bargaining rights of federal workers.

11, Apr, 2025

Steward Spotlight of Preble Street Worker Ann Maksymowicz (MSEA-SEIU 1989)

Shop steward Ann Maksymowicz (MSEA-SEIU 1989) has been working as a case manger in one of the social service nonprofit Preble Street’s permanent housing programs for over a year. But her career in the field stretches back to the early 2000s.

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