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Unions

Published
April 5, 2021

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.
Published
March 30, 2021

‘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.
Published
March 30, 2021

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.
Published
March 29, 2021

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.
Published
March 26, 2021

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.

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Published
March 23, 2021

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.
Published
March 22, 2021

Supreme Court seems ready to rule against unions in farm case

Opponents say ruling for the businesses could threaten rules that allow government to access private property to conduct workplace health and safety inspections.
Published
March 21, 2021

Maine Medical Center nurses divided on union as vote looms

If the organizing drive at the state's largest hospital is successful, Maine's unionized workforce for nurses would increase from 2,000 to 3,900.
Published
March 19, 2021

Maine Senate president: Maine Med nurses deserve to be heard. With a union, they will be.

By banding together, the nurses who have been there for patients like me will be better able to speak out and improve their own health and safety conditions.
Published
March 15, 2021

Group lines up support for nurses’ union at Maine Medical Center

A letter backing the labor union effort for registered nurses at Maine's largest hospital garnered at least 1,500 signatures, according to a pro-union group.