Local 327 of the Laborers' International Union of North America is currently seeking Construction Laborers for immediate work across southern Maine for jobs such as: concrete, road work, flagging and all aspects of building construction.

With sky-high gas prices and the costs of consumer goods rising, inflation is a hot topic and unfortunately corporations love to turn the blame on their favorite target: workers. But what is really causing inflation?

Several unions have condemned the Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn Roe vs. Wade and allow states to criminalize Americans exercising their rights to have an abortion. Maine AFL-CIO President Cynthia Phinney’s sent the following statement on the decision last week:

Last week, a majority of the 20 workers at the Chipotle Mexican Grill in Augusta filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to form an independent union, Chipotle United. The workers organized themselves and did not receive support from any national union.

Speaking to the COPE Convention last Friday, Governor Mills and legislative leaders touted their labor accomplishments and contrasted the past four years to the previous eight years when the LePage administration waged a war on workers and our unions.

Below is a list of the Maine AFL-CIO's endorsed candidates for the Maine Senate and House of Representatives.