Union reps say the labor contracts of over 1,000 workers in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire expire Aug. 7, and negotiations over new contracts have stalled.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine Med nurses vote to have a voice
With a new union, hospital employees will make themselves heard on working conditions and patient care.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Shaw’s delivery drivers strike in Maine over lapse in contract talks
The union representing truck drivers and mechanics at Shaw’s supermarkets in Maine says the company has ceased negotiations. The company says it will return to the bargaining table this week.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Portland Museum of Art employees vote to unionize
Museum officials say they will honor the outcome and strive to build a stronger and more equitable institution.
Posted inTimes Record
Bath shipyard signs new contract with Local S7 union
The new contract holds “numerous improvements to wages and benefits over the life of the contract” for the union’s roughly 200 members, according to a statement from BIW.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
‘Lighting a fuse’: Amazon vote may spark more union efforts
What happens inside a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama could have major implications not just for the country’s second-largest employer but the labor movement at large.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Med executives: Nurses union trying to tear us down to build themselves up
California-based National Nurses United doesn’t share our values, and they’ll make it harder for us to work collaboratively with our nurses to address their concerns.
Posted inBusiness
What to know about the Amazon union vote
The count could take days or even longer depending on how many Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse workers cast a ballot.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine Med nurses belong where decisions are made
Unionizing will move the hospital beyond just listening to nurses to working with us as stakeholders to create a work environment that staff won’t leave.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Maine Medical Center nurses begin vote next week on union
Supporters argue a union is needed because nurses are overworked, underpaid and too much is demanded of them, but opponents say organizing is unnecessary and would hinder the ‘shared governance’ that exists now.