Archive for Bargaining News

Trump executive order eliminates library services for blind and visually impaired, putting critical services for thousands of Mainers at risk as well as funding for Maine’s interlibrary loan service

At MaineDOT, ‘We have work going to established private entities, where the community values are secondary as the checks change hands’

‘We have seen many examples of the hatcheries losing good people due to low pay’

At MaineDOT, ‘I have personally worked 20 hours before having a break. I have coworkers that have gone a lot longer’

MaineDOT’s low wages ‘do not align with the cost of living, and many of us struggle each month just to afford basic necessities’

‘Ensure the continued protection of Maine’s natural resources and the safety of the visitors who enjoy them’

‘We fish culturists stretch ourselves to stock over 800 Maine water bodies with 1 million trout and landlocked salmon’

MaineDOT workers, community members picket over management’s plan to close highway maintenance camp in Jay

‘The towns are paying a lot more than MaineDOT and we are leaving’

Low wages are making it hard to recruit and retain state workers