Employees at the American Red Cross’ Portland donation center voted to join Local 340 of the Maine Teamsters Union Tuesday.
The blood donation center’s 57 workers will now form a bargaining unit for employees that set up and administer blood drives across the southern half of the state, according to a release from the Teamsters.
A union official said the Red Cross workers cited concerns about health care costs and working conditions as reasons for joining the union.
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