The union will represent more than 30 newsroom workers at the Bangor Daily News.
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Maine labor unions to form climate change panel
The group will work to ensure that jobs created from addressing climate change are union and offer good wages.
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Young workers give American unions new hope
U.S. union membership levels are ticking upward for workers between 25 and 34, even as they decline among other age groups.
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Bates College union vote count on hold
National Labor Relations Board must decide who is eligible to unionize.
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Amazon workers in Alabama will vote again on unionization in February
The National Labor Relations Board called for a revote after discovering the e-commerce giant interfered in the election last year.
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Bates College workers to vote on first-of-its-kind union in January
As many as 630 educators and staff members will get the chance to decide if they want to join a union
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Ambulance service explores unionizing
NORWAY — A few union members not affiliated with Stephens Memorial Hospital held an informational picket on Main Street on Dec. 1, coming out on behalf of PACE Ambulance service. “Teamsters Local 340 is organizing PACE ambulance service,” said Jeff Joyce, vice president of the union. “The president of the hospital is trying to prevent […]
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Starbucks workers vote to unionize in Buffalo, New York
Starbucks has actively fought unionization at its stores for decades, saying its stores function best when it works directly with employees.
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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.
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Consolidated Communications workers in northern New England authorize strike
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.