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Senate President Troy Jackson leads charge for “Buy American, Build Maine” legislation

Senate President Troy Jackson and a coalition of small Maine business owners yesterday announced LD 1411, "An Act To Establish the Maine...

Speaker Fecteau Champions Career and Technical Education Centers in New Legislation

Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau introduced legislation on Wednesday to invest in Maine’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center...

Letter to the editor: Maine workers deserve overtime protections

If employees work hard and put in extra hours, they should be paid for that time.

Maine AG, Human Rights Commission say labor violations being kept out of court

Mainers are being required to give up their right to sue their employers in the event of wrongdoing and instead having to agree to forced...

Newly proposed bill would disallow employers to have workers sign away rights

More than 250 companies who do business in Maine have their employees sign away their rights to sue. Mainers who face harassment and...

Mainers are overworked and underpaid. It's time to do something about it.

We traveled across the state to talk with folks about what guaranteed overtime benefits would mean to them. Their message to our...

We need to protect whistleblowers in Maine

In Maine, far too many labor violations go unreported. Maine workers deserve recourse against these violations, but until our leaders in...