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The US Postal Service (USPS) has decided to boost wages and benefits for certain mail carriers working out of its Portland post office in an effort to address an abysmal staffing shortage that has delayed mail and forced overworked postal employees to work gruelingly long hours.

Members of the Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA-SEIU 1989) rallied in front of Whole Foods in Portland Saturday to draw attention to how much corporations pay, or don’t pay, in state corporate taxes.

Legislators and labor advocates spoke on Tuesday in support of two measures that would expand labor protections for farmworkers in Maine.

Members of Ironworkers Local 7, Machinists Local S6, the Maine Service Employees Association, Maine Education Association, Central Maine Labor Council, IBEW 1253, the National Association of Letter Carriers and others joined members of Ironworkers Local 807 in solidarity in front of Cives Steel i

We wish longtime labor activist Debbie Dornish the best as she moves down to Virginia to live with her sister.

IAM District Lodge 4 is seeking sponsors for its sixth annual Guide Dogs of America charity golf benefit on Friday, June 2 at the Spring Meadows Golf Club in Gray.