Saving the country’s students requires President Biden and other party leaders to show whose side they’re really on.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State, News
Portland restaurants take varied courses when employees, and owners, come down with COVID
While many have closed for health reasons or lack of staffing, others continue operating if they can.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Portland Pie Co. employees walk out to protest working conditions
The workers cite being overworked and not believing management has their backs when it comes to the pandemic.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Deaths point up lack of awareness of the right to refuse dangerous work
OSHA must make workers’ rights clear on mandatory workplace posters.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Postal Service’s long-term staffing shortage puts strain on mail delivery in Maine
The thinning ranks are burning out and mail service is lagging, union officials say, as letter carriers often work 60- to 80-hour, seven-day weeks.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine records slight job gains in October as labor crunch continues
The state gained about 900 jobs last month, marking continued sluggish growth in a competitive labor market.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Union stagehands demand new Merrill Auditorium contract
Stagehands and supporters picketed a performance staffed with non-union labor Thursday to pressure the city of Portland to renegotiate an exclusive labor agreement for the publicly owned venue.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Some workers at Bates College say they don’t need a union
With tensions rising before a looming union vote, some say the college treats employees well and a union won’t help
Posted inBusiness
Employee fired by Apple files NLRB charge alleging retaliation by iPhone maker
Janneke Parrish was fired after helping to found #AppleToo, aimed at improving working conditions at the company.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Honored at Bates College in 2019, a labor leader now backs unionization bid on campus
Dolores Huerta, a Medal of Freedom winner, issued an open letter throwing her support to organizers angling for a union for many of the employees at Bates College.