Archive for Bargaining News

‘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

‘The longstanding state employee pay gap must be closed to support essential services’

‘We are tired, scared for our safety and that of the most vulnerable children we are caring for’

‘Hoteling is not in the best interest of any child’

‘All of the people I know who have left the Maine State Ferry Service have done so for higher paying maritime jobs’

‘Our work cannot sustain itself when hiring at $17.69 an hour’

MSEA-SEIU Local 1989: MaineDOT’s announced closure of Jay maintenance camp is retaliation, not a cost-saving measure