The high cost of living in Portland makes it difficult for workers to get by on only their Starbucks pay, according to baristas at the Old Port location.
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Augusta Chipotle restaurant workers may be first in nation to unionize following health, labor concerns
Workers delivered a petition and letter of intent to Chipotle Mexican Grill management Wednesday, saying they are forming a union.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Workers at Morrill teen mental health facility seek to unionize
Employees at Ironwood Maine say they intend to vote to form a union to improve pay, working conditions and standards of care at the residential program and school.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Biddeford workers say their push to unionize comes from love of their jobs
The union organizers in Biddeford are young. They say they want Starbucks to live up to the ideals it espouses.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Owner of Bangor newspaper to recognize employees’ new union
The union will represent more than 30 newsroom workers at the Bangor Daily News.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine labor unions to form climate change panel
The group will work to ensure that jobs created from addressing climate change are union and offer good wages.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Young workers give American unions new hope
U.S. union membership levels are ticking upward for workers between 25 and 34, even as they decline among other age groups.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates College union vote count on hold
National Labor Relations Board must decide who is eligible to unionize.
Posted inBusiness
Amazon workers in Alabama will vote again on unionization in February
The National Labor Relations Board called for a revote after discovering the e-commerce giant interfered in the election last year.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates College workers to vote on first-of-its-kind union in January
As many as 630 educators and staff members will get the chance to decide if they want to join a union