The Maine Bureau of Unemployment Compensation has awarded 80 striking workers at Woodland Pulp eligibility for unemployment benefits after the paper mill hired temporary workers to fill the empty positions.
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Posted inLetters, sj-web
Standing on the line for unions
Recently, I received a letter from McKayne Boedeker, executive director of New England Citizens for Right to Work. He is from New Hampshire. In his letter, he asked me to contact my elected officials to show my support for the Right to Work law. I replied to him as follows: “Had we workers not been […]
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Supreme Court hearing arguments on union coersion practices
WASHINGTON — The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is ostensibly a public worker union. In truth, it is nothing more than an appendage of the Democratic Party. One hundred percent of its political contributions go to Democrats, and it works tirelessly to increase government spending and stop Republicans who want to […]
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Union’s report doesn’t show full story
When the AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of labor unions, released its annual Executive Paywatch report recently, the goal was to expose the country’s “greedy CEOs.” The report alleges that the average S&P 500 CEO earned $13.1 million in total compensation in 2016, while the typical U.S. rank-and-file worker made only $37,632. According to the union, […]
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Hundreds of striking FairPoint workers rally in Portland’s Monument Square
PORTLAND — Striking FairPoint workers from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont gathered in Monument Square on Saturday afternoon to rally for what they say is a fair contract that would maintain “good jobs and good service” in northern New England. “No contract, no peace,” the crowd chanted, led by Diane Winton, president of the International […]