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On Thursday more than 150 workers convened at the Statehouse in Augusta to talk with legislators about key worker issues as part of the Maine AFL-CIO’s annual Labor Lobby Day.

Following the Labor Lobby Day events at the State House, attendees gathered at the Maine Department of Transportation headquarters in August to protest the closure of the Jay highway camp and reassignment of union members in retaliation for speaking up about unsafe working conditions at Mai

On Monday, members of Metal Trades Council, postal workers (APWU 458), letter carriers (NALC 92), nurses (MSNA), social security claims specialists (AFGE 1164), VA workers (AFGE 2610) and others met with Senator Angus King at the Portland Jetport to discuss threats to federal workers and key fede

Mail carriers with the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 92 rallied on Sunday March 23 in Portland to demand a halt to attacks on the USPS.

On Wednesday, the Maine AFL-CIO testified in support of

This book review by Michael Hillard appeared in the March edition of the University of Southern Maine Scontras Center for Labor and Community Education.