The Maine AFL-CIO is proud to endorse Troy Jackson for Governor & Graham Platner for U.S. Senate because we know they are strongest candidates to take on the oligarchy and put working class people in the driver's seat!
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BIW shipbuilders have been organizing mobile home park residents to fight corporate greed. “Even residents who say their landlord treats them well have expressed interest in supporting their trailer park brothers and sisters over on the other side of town.” maineaflcio.org/news/iam-loc...
IAM Local S6 Members Organizing Mobile Home Park Residents
For the past several weeks IAM Union Local S6 members Doug Hall and John Cabral have been organizing mobile park home residents to fight exploitative corporate owners and stabilize lot rents. Througho...
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Congratulations to Searsport mobile home residents and Maine Labor Climate Council for passing a new rent stabilization ordinance. On Saturday, Searsport residents voted 67-12 to pass an ordinance limiting rent increases at mobile home parks. maineaflcio.org/news/maine-l...
Maine Labor Climate Council Mobile Home Park Organizing Campaign Updates
PHOTO: Searsport mobile home park residents celebrate passage of rent stabilization ordinance last Saturday.
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Labor Lobby Day 2026 was a great success! maineaflcio.org/news/170-wor...
170 Workers Convene for Labor Lobby Day; Push for Universal Childcare and Tax Fairness
PHOTO: Maine AFL-CIO President Cynthia Phinney speaking at a press conference Thursday.170 workers convened at the State House in Augusta on Thursday March 5 to talk with legislators about key worker ...
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Proud to stand in solidarity with my union brothers and sisters at Labor Lobby Day in Augusta! A better world is possible when working people organize and take it. ✊🏼 Let's win this thing. @maineaflcio.bsky.social
Workers at Holy Donut in Portland are unionizing with the IAM Union! Please voluntarily recognize your employees’ union & negotiate a fair contract Holy Donut! 🍩 ✊
Gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson is the ONLY candidate in the race to have signed the People’s Pledge, vowing to reject independent expenditures that come from corporate and dark money! barnraisingmedia.com/the-candidat...
The Candidate From Rural Maine Fighting Big Money
Troy Jackson, a 5th generation logger from Allagash, Maine, is challenging his opponents in the governor’s race to reject corporate and dark money.
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When Jesse Jackson came to Maine in 1987 to support striking paper workers, he changed hearts & minds. "Yesterday I wouldn't think of voting for a Black man for president," a woman striker said. "Tonight I gave him a check for his campaign." maineaflcio.org/news/maine-a...
Maine AFL-CIO Mourns Passing of Labor Champion Jesse Jackson
The Maine AFL-CIO mourns the passing of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. He was beloved by Maine workers, especially after he visited Jay, Maine in October, 1987 to offer his support and solidarity ...
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After the first firefighter union in Maine dissolved in 1921, its officers either died or left the fire service due to struggles with PTSD. Their stories serve as a clear example of why they needed the rights and protections that a union could have provided. maineaflcio.org/news/founder...
The Founders of Maine’s First Firefighter Union Struggled with PTSD & Terminal Illnesses Due to Their Work
Ladder 6, Portland, 1924. Credit: Maine Historical Society
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Union Carpenter Derek Ellis of Skowhegan was down the street from his job site in Portland when he saw ICE agents shout at a woman to "get the hell out" of her car. As they tore her out of her car, she screamed "I'm a US citizen! I'm a citizen!" as her small child in a carseat cried hysterically.
I want to thank @maineaflcio.bsky.social and @aobrien2024.bsky.social for shining a much-needed light on the real stories that impact the working class of Maine.
"This is just an age-old tactic to pit workers against workers, divide the working class and deflect their attention away from the people who are robbing them blind: billionaires and corporations." app.publicnewsservice.org/story/me-uni...
ME union leaders blast ICE raids as distraction from failing economy
Union leaders in Maine say the Trump administration is stepping up immigration enforcement to distract from its failed economic policies.Raids in the Greater Portland and Lewiston areas have caused wi...
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The Maine Labor Climate Council & manufactured park residents held a rally last week to call on the Augusta City Council to pass a temporary rent moratorium and a rent stabilization ordinance to prevent massive lot rent increases. maineaflcio.org/news/mobile-...
Mobile Home Park Residents Ask Augusta City Council for Rent Stabilization Ordinance
PHOTO: Riverside Park residents in Augusta on Thursday.The Maine Labor Climate Council (MLCC) and manufactured park residents held a rally Thursday night to call on the Augusta City Council to pass a ...
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Maine Medical Center nurses overwhelmingly ratify three-year union contract! maineaflcio.org/news/maine-m...
Maine Medical Center nurses overwhelmingly ratify three-year union contract
PHOTO: Maine Med nurses voting on their new contract Wednesday.
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Congratulations to NMMC nurses in Fort Kent who beat the union busters & voted to keep their union! WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN!!! maineaflcio.org/news/norther...
Northern Maine Medical Center Nurses Vote to Keep Their Union
Registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center (NMMC) in Fort Kent, Maine, voted Wednesday to re-certify their
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I was honored to spend the afternoon at the Teamsters Local 340 hall alongside a packed house of my union brothers and sisters for the AFC wild-card game. Working people are the heartbeat of our state and campaign. Thank you, all! @maineaflcio.bsky.social
Another day, another picket! Brother Troy Jackson joins UMaine Graduate Workers UAW International Union to settle a fair contract! www.instagram.com/reel/DRPpPTd...
UMaine Graduate Workers Union! (UMGWU-UAW) on Instagram: "Join us outside President Ferrini-Mundy’s office TODAY to demand an end to contract negotiations & a fair contract NOW!"
The UMaine Grad Workers Union holds a protest outside President Ferrini-Mundy's office, calling for a fair contract that meets their needs, including fair pay, health coverage, and support for parents...
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That would appear to be Graham Platner out with picketing/striking nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital. WABI says nurses have been negotiating for a new contract for over a year. tinyurl.com/yc6n4vwh #MEpolitics
@maineaflcio.bsky.social · 11mo agoNurses with the Maine State Nurses Association/NNU are striking for safe staffing, and improved patient care! Tell hospital CEO Jeff Zewe to stop union busting & bullying nurses! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Nurses with the Maine State Nurses Association/NNU are striking for safe staffing, and improved patient care! Tell hospital CEO Jeff Zewe to stop union busting & bullying nurses! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
We had an awesome Biennial Convention last week! Here is a recap! maineaflcio.org/news/maine-a...
Maine AFL-CIO Convention Hosts UAW Pres. Shawn Fain & Elects New Executive Board & Secretary Treasurer
PHOTO: Maine AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer John Perry IV (USW 900, center) and, from left, Executive Board members Dave Hebert (USW 291), Serina DeWolfe (AFT), Tom McCord (PATFA-AFT) and Chris Hodgdon (...
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We're excited to announce that UAW President Shawn Fain will be the keynote speaker of the Maine AFL-CIO's Biennial Convention next week! maineaflcio.org/news/uaw-pre...
UAW President Shawn Fain to Keynote Maine AFL-CIO Convention
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The 2025 Working Families Legislative Scorecard is online! Find out how your legislators voted on key labor issues like fair wages, collective bargaining rights, safe working conditions & more! scorecard.maineaflcio.org
Several union women from Maine joined the Tradeswomen Build Nations, the largest gathering of unionized tradeswomen in the world. maineaflcio.org/news/mainers...
Mainers Join 6,000 Tradeswoman at Annual Conference in Chicago
PHOTO: Alana Schaeffer (right) with union sisters at the Tradeswomen Build Nations in Chicago.
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Doris Poland of Windham (APWU) is voting NO on 1 because she has a son with disabilities who relies on absentee voting. #SaveAbsenteeVoting
Retired Bangor firefighter/paramedic Ronnie Green of the Professional Fire Fighters of Maine is voting NO on Question 1! #saveabsenteevoting
Firefighter/paramedics rely on absentee voting because they often work long shifts on Election Day and can't get out of work to vote. Question 1 on the November ballot would restrict our ability to vote absentee. VOTE NO ON 1! #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting
We spoke with Utilities Workers of America Local B341 President Chris Richardson about the work his members do delivering natural gas to Southern Maine & upcoming contract negotiations with Unitil. maineaflcio.org/news/meet-un...
Meet the Unitil Workers with Utility Workers Union of America Local B341
If you purchase natural gas for your home from Unitil, you might not be aware that the men and women who ensure its delivery are proud members of the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local B341...
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Solidarity with nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent! www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses...
Nurses at two Maine hospitals vote to authorize strikes
Registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, Maine, and at Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, Maine, announced today that they have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their nurse...
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Brother Rodrigue Mbatchi fled political persecution in his home country & settled in Maine in 2023. After graduating from our Union Construction Academy of Maine he is now working as a Laborer with LIUNA Local 327! maineaflcio.org/news/union-c...
Union Construction Academy Graduate Rodrigue Mbatchi (LIUNA 327): From Political Persecution to a Union Job in Maine
On July 18, 2023, Rodrigue Mbatchi arrived in Maine to seek a life of peace and freedom after experiencing political persecution in his home country of the Republic of Congo. After graduating from the...
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