Author: Southern Maine Workers Center
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Wage Empowerment Workshop
For months, Work With Dignity and Political Ed Committee members have been working towards a workers’ rights & organizing training… Read More
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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… Read More
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Letter to the editor: Maine lags its neighbors in offering paid sick leave
As someone who has gone without paid sick days at work, I understand how imperative it is that the state… Read More
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Portland to consider reinstating hazard pay for workers
The Portland City Council will discuss bringing back hazard pay on Monday. That would effectively raise the minimum wage for workers… Read More
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Pandemic calls for us to rethink impossible expectations of teachers
The role of the teacher in this crisis environment has been impossibly expansive: All at once, a teacher may have… Read More
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Workers hold rally to call on Portland to reinstate hazard pay
Portland City Councilors are being asked to reinstate hazard pay for minimum wage workers. The hazard pay ended last month… Read More
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Portland council will consider whether to restore hazard pay for workers
The Portland City Council will consider whether to bring back emergency hazard pay for workers while the city’s mask mandate… Read More
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USM center will build on historian’s legacy by strengthening labor education
Nine pizza workers recently walked out of a Portland pizza shop because of onerous working conditions; Bull Moose is planning to sell its… Read More
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The end of the end of us
By Mia Dyson, 2021 And when it comes to the end after the seas have roared over the shoreline… Read More
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Know Your Rights – Maine’s Earned Paid Leave Law
Conheça seus direitos – disponível em PortuguesConoce tus derechos- Disponible en EspañolConnaissez vos droits: disponible en français What is Earned… Read More