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On Tuesday, stagehands and technicians who bring concerts to life at the State Theatre in Portland  won their National Labor Relation Board election to unionize with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 114.

PHOTO: APRI-ME President Garrett Stewart (Left) with Machinists Local S6 Human Rights Committee members Archie Latham (chair), Tarra Sheerer and Garrett Stewart Jr.

On Tuesday, WGME-TV workers (IBEW 1837) were joined by other union members and supporters at an informational picket for a fair contract in Portland. The workers held their picket ahead of another bargaining session with the TV station’s parent company Sinclair that afternoon.

PHOTO: Millwrights 1121 labor rep Eriq Stewart.

This article is the third part in a series on the history of nurse organizing in Maine.

PHOTO: UPIU Local 14 retirees at Solidarity Center in Jay show their support for Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment (CAUSE), who recently filed cards to hold a union election at RDU1 in Garner, North Carolina.