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UMaine Grad Workers to Hold Fair Contract Rally — Thurs. April 24

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Senator Collins Calls on President Trump to Restore Federal Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights

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Maine AFL-CIO Demands Sheetmetal (SMART) Local 100 Union Member Be Brought Home from El Salvadoran Prison

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Brunswick Staples Workers (IAM) to Hold Union Election — Jan 3

About a dozen workers at the Staples store in Brunswick finally have a union election date set for January 3, 2024. If successful, they will affiliate with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 4.

27, Dec, 2023

IBEW 1837 Brother Wins Nomination for South Portland House Seat

Congratulations to Brother Matt Beck (IBEW 1837) of South Portland who has won the Democratic nomination to represent House District 122 in the Maine Legislature! The special election to fill the seat to succeed the late Rep. Lois Galway Reckitt will be held on Tues. March 5.

27, Dec, 2023

What to Expect from the New Legislative Session in January

While we certainly made progress in the last legislative session, we still have a lot of work to do on labor legislation in Augusta when the new session starts in January.

27, Dec, 2023

Labor History: Organizing the South Portland Shipyards

PHOTO: IUMSWA Local 50 ad in the CIO newspaper the Yard Bird, which was circulated in the South Portland shipyards in the early 1940s.

27, Dec, 2023

Maine Cannabis Workers Unionize with Machinists District 4

This week, workers at the Upta Camp Edible Company and Golden Road Extracts in Bowdoinham signed authorization cards to be represented by the Machinists Union District Lodge 4.

27, Dec, 2023

NLRB Moves to Force Starbucks to Reopen Shuttered Unionized Store in Portland

On Wednesday, December 14, the National Labor Relations Board

15, Dec, 2023