Housing advocates are applauding a spending plan passed by Democrats which includes $18 million in funding for rental assistance. #mepolitics mainebeacon.com/housing-advoca…

With median wages in the area at less than $36,000 I'll bet her constituents could use the 1000 jobs with union negotiated wages & benefits that an offshore wind port will support.

The Maine Senate has voted 23-11 to making farmworkers eligible for the state minimum wage! Onto the Governor's desk! #mepolitics

Coffee By Design Baristas Win First Coffee Shop Contract in Maine!

Long time farmworker attorney, advocate & former State Rep. Tom Harnett explains:

DECH is offering a measly 1% raise. CFO Lynette Parr’s compensation increased by nearly $100,000 a year, or 48 percent, and CEO Steve Lail’s compensation increased over $100,000 annually, or by 37 percent, during that same time period. maineaflcio.org/news/machias-n…

A handful of pro-labor bills became law, but several bills to raise wages, protect workers, strengthen apprenticeship & pre-apprenticeship programs, & improve retirement security either failed to make it to the Mills' desk or were vetoed by the Governor. maineaflcio.org/news/state-leg…

Wow. This explains a lot. They used cryptocurrency to knowingly purchase tens of millions of dollars in crime proceeds, including proceeds of fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits, that had been loaded onto tens of thousands of prepaid debit cards.

The UAW doubling down on their call for a May Day 2028 General Strike. “We’re going to have to be ready to organize, strike, and unite the working class.” 🔥

Here's my remembrance of Jane McAlevey, a force of nature who so many of us learned from and loved. jacobin.com/2024/07/jane-m…

Huge round of applause at Netroots Nation when UAW President Shawn Fain says plainly: “We are preparing for a general strike in 2028.” #NN24

There's a jarring contrast between the pageantry of the DNC main stage, and the somberness and urgency of those begging Dems, particularly presidential nominee Harris, to reverse their lockstep arming of Israel’s relentless killing campaign. My latest. thenation.com/article/activi…

Breaking: NLRB prosecutors deem Amazon "joint employer" of subcontracted drivers, rejecting company's claim that workers in its sprawling delivery network aren't its employees. Labor board officials say Amazn illegally refused to negotiate with Teamsters bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

What are the forces shaping the DOGE movement, and what do they really believe? Author and historian Quinn Slobodian says that there are three key strains of conservatism shaping Trump’s ideology.

Maine farmer Kevin Leavitt was days away from receiving a USDA reimbursement when the Trump admin froze funding, leaving him—and thousands of other farmers—waiting on promised payments. With no clear answers, farms are struggling & food prices could rise. mainebeacon.com/maine-farmers-…

Maine and the Trump admin are suing each other over transgender student athlete policies. Maine officials have noted that the state is following the law and protecting civil rights. The dispute could set national precedent and may reach the Supreme Court. mainebeacon.com/maines-battle-…

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They really think that they are the only essential human agents and the rest of us are disposable. A stunning and virulent delusion. The enemies of society now rule it.

Here’s a prediction: the membership in the Abundance Caucus will heavily overlap with the New Democrats which are a legacy of the DLC which was the original deregulatory, neoliberal faction that tried to co-opt Reaganomics the last time Democrats were in defeat. If my

There were millions of American men just waiting for the green light to act like stormtroopers. Like, frothing at the mouth for this moment. A country doesn't get this way overnight.