We’re a grassroots, member led organization working to improve the lives, working conditions, and terms of employment for working class and poor people in Maine.
Learn MoreOur committtees meet monthly and organize most of our campaigns, workshops, and events:
POLITICAL
EDUCATION
Having a shared understanding of the systems that oppress us means we'll have better strategies & movements of resistance.
Learn MoreWORK WITH
DIGNITY
If we want to improve our conditions at work and win victories to improve our economic position we must organize together.
Learn MoreRADICAL
NOURISHMENT
A series of gatherings designed by and for BIPOC organizers to deepen our connections with each other and our relationship with the land around us.
Learn More"Movements are born of critical connections rather than critical mass."– Grace Lee Boggs
EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT
WORKERS RIGHTS LEGAL CLINIC
5:00pm - 8:00pm @ 56 NORTH ST.
We aim to help workers identify, create, and implement economic justice campaigns that represent their priorities. We do this work with a focus on fostering solidarity between immigrant workers, low-wage workers, union workers, and others.
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June 13, 2024
The Southern Maine Workers’ Center is hiring an organizer to join our staff collective!
What is SMWC? The Southern Maine Workers’ Center is a member-led organization with the mission to create a worker-led movement that improves the lives, working conditions, and terms of employment for Maine workers. We promote worker justice through a combination of anti-racist political education, organizing, and advocacy. We are organizers first and foremost, and we…
Read MoreNovember 28th, 2023
Wage Empowerment Workshop
For months, Work With Dignity and Political Ed Committee members have been working towards a workers’ rights & organizing training focusing on wage theft, which is one of the biggest problems we’ve seen workers struggle with in Southern Maine in the past few years. It’ll cover common types of wage theft + how we can protect ourselves…
Read MoreOctober 27, 2023
The Fight Against Israeli Apartheid Is A Fight For Freedom For Us All
SMWC stands with Palestine and all people around the world who are taking to the streets, airwaves, and halls of power to demand an immediate ceasefire in Israel/Palestine, and an immediate end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Demanding a ceasefire comes from an immediate need to stop the loss of life, both Palestinian and Israeli. The…
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