The union’s executive board says the $179.3 million budget is top-heavy and cuts ‘essential, student-facing support positions.’
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Holy Donut workers at Portland’s Park Avenue store vote to unionize
The staff will be represented by the Machinists union.
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Posted inCommunity, News, Schools and Education
Portland middle school students walk out in protest of teacher’s nonrenewal
Lyman Moore social studies teacher Josephine Tibbetts believes she was retaliated against when administrators declined to renew her teaching contract this week.
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Cumberland-North Yarmouth school staff union reaches contract
MSAD 51 education support professionals have been working without a contract since July 1.
Posted inMaine, News
Bath Iron Works, union reach tentative agreement
Members of the Bath Marine Draftsmen’s Association will vote Saturday morning on the agreement, which the union says is an improvement over the offer it rejected ahead of striking this week.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, News
Holy Donut on Park Avenue trying to unionize
Staff leaders say management has resisted their attempts.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
21 jobs at CSX Waterville rail yard being moved out of Maine
Workers opting not to move would be given a separation allowance, according to CSX.
Posted inHealth, News
Maine Med nurses, hospital agree to new union contract
The nurses will get 21% in raises over the 3 years of the contract.
Posted inMaine, News
UMaine graduate workers ratify first union contract
Graduate students at the University of Maine have been seeking a union contract since March 2023.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England, News, Politics
Rep. Jared Golden forces vote to reverse Trump’s attack on federal unions
Maine’s 2nd District congressman secured enough signatures to force a floor vote on his bipartisan bill, first introduced in April in response to an executive order ending collective bargaining rights for 1 million federal workers.