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PHOTO: Pre-apprentices, Jay strikers & staff from the Maine AFL-CIO & Scontras Center at the Local 14 Solidarity Center on July 1.

When Kloey Arsenault of Bowdoin graduated from high school last year, she knew she wanted to pursue a career in the union trades, but wasn’t sure which apprenticeship to apply to.

Over 50 union members attended the Maine AFL-CIO’s Statewide Organizing Call on June 16 where we discussed organizing and strategizing to fight back against the federal government’s attacks on our rights and economic security.

The Maine Labor movement is mourning the loss of AFSCME member Suzanne Crowell of Brunswick to esophageal cancer on June 15. Suzanne was a passionate member of Maine’s Labor Movement and heavily involved with the Western Maine Labor Council, Southern Maine Labor Council and the A.