News

Labor History: Portland Firefighters Win Two Platoon System

02 Jul, 2026 Read More >

News

AFL-CIO Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding Birthright Citizenship

02 Jul, 2026 Read More >

News

Labor Reading Group Taking Nominations for Next Reading Selection

02 Jul, 2026 Read More >

Recent

Labor Committee Rejects Right to Work for Less on Party Lines

PHOTO: Retired nurse Amy Strum (MSNA) testifies against LD 187 on Feb. 12.

07, Mar, 2025

Building Trades Apprentices to Work on Local 14 Solidarity Center Saturday, March 15

Apprentices with IBEW 567, Laborers 327 members and possibly apprentices of Plumbers & Pipefitters 716 will be doing renovations on the Local 14 Solidarity Center in Jay on Saturday, March 15 starting at 8am.

07, Mar, 2025

Local 14 Solidarity Center Features Photos of Otis Mill Workers

Work on educational programming and the restoration of the Local 14 Union Hall is going strong, according to the Agitator, the Local 14 Solidarity Center newsletter.

07, Mar, 2025

How Calais Nurses Won the First All Professional Hospital Union in Maine

(L-R) Calais nurses Kathy Day, Joyce Nixon, Cindy Whalen, Debbie Wheaton, Karen Thomas & Gloria Hollingdale celebrate their union election win on January 16, 1985. Courtesy Gloria Hollingdale.

07, Mar, 2025

“It just feels disrespectful” — Veteran & Former Togus Employee Speaks Out About DOGE Firing

On Monday night, probationary employees of the Veterans Administration’s Togus VA Medical Center in Chelsea were informed by email that they had been fired without any prior notice or due process.

28, Feb, 2025

Support WGME Workers (IBEW 1837) Fighting for a Fair Contract

Members of IBEW Local 1837 at WGME-TV (CBS 13) have been fighting for months for a fair contract, but the company’s parent company Sinclair Broadcast Group stubbornly refuses to give them living wages.

28, Feb, 2025