1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (268+ words) Longtime FAM member and former Board Member, Jenna Dumoulin suffered a serious break to her foot on August 5 and underwent reconstructive surgery on August 12. Jenna is a single mom with 13- and 3-year-old sons to care for and she works three…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (535+ words) “We will use all means possible" to avoid calling a walk-out in protest of the city’s refusal to grant wage increases, Howe told the Portland Press Herald. Now, as president of the central labor union representing 30 AFL unions throughout Greater…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (579+ words) Members of the Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA-SEIU) Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union (MSEA-SEIU Local 1989), the largest union of state workers in Maine, have endorsed Hannah Pingree for Governor in the November 3rd general elections. Members of the MSEA-SEIU…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (191+ words) Maine AFL-CIO Houlton Nurses Vote No Confidence in Hospital CEO Jeff Zewe Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital hand-delivered a signed letter of no confidence in the hospital’s CEO, Jeff Zewe, to the president of the hospital’s Board of Trustees…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (314+ words) Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 714 recently negotiated contracts with substantial wage increases. Local 714 members who work for the Bangor Community Connector in Bangor won an historic 19-percent increase over the life of their three-year contract, including 13 percent…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (452+ words) Work continues at the Local 14 Solidarity Center, and the building is looking better all the time. On March 25, the Union Construction Academy brought their pre-apprenticeship class to the hall. They helped paint the old media room and bathrooms, along with…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (376+ words) This week, more than 140 union members from across the state attended our Labor Summer Institute at the University of Maine in Orono. At the two-day solidarity school — held in partnership with the Maine AFL-CIO, Maine Bureau of Labor Education and…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (250+ words) Maine AFL-CIO Hidden Circle Residents Purchase Jay Mobile Home Park Residents of the Hidden Circle Mobile Home Park in Jay purchased its manufactured home community last week for $1 million, ensuring the land beneath 31 homes in Jay can remain locally owned…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (161+ words) Maine AFL-CIO UMaine Grad Workers & Allies March on President's Office to Protest Policy Changes Without Union Input During Summer Institute on Thursday, union members from across the state joined members of the University of Maine Graduate Student Union (UMGWU-UAW Local…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (150+ words) Maine Med Nurses protest MaineHealth's contract with Palantir on July 23. Maine Medical Center registered nurses and community allies held a press conference on July 23 in Portland to highlight their demand that MaineHealth cancel its contract with Palantir Technologies. “MaineHealth’s executives…...