Labor

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The program provides employees up to 12 weeks of benefits for major life events, starting May 1. Funding for the benefits will be supported by payroll taxes.

The agreement includes compounding wage growth of 28% over the four-year contract, up from the 23.8% the shipyard initially proposed.

“General Dynamics continues to make record profits off our labor…” said a labor representative. The shipyard said the proposed contract “includes historic annual wage increases…”

The contract includes pay increases for every union nurses, from 12% to 17% over the next three years and a weapons ban at the hospital building.  

The RNs are protesting “management’s refusal” to address their concerns about safe staffing and nurse retention. EMMC said it provided the union “a very strong offer.”

The three-year contract also includes more meal break coverage as well as financial and time-off benefits to help retain and recruit experienced nurses.

Maine’s seven community colleges, from Presque Isle to Wells, are helping employers train skilled workers faster in a tight labor market.

The soaring seven-story structure will be the future home of Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, which is projected to welcome graduate students for the spring 2028 semester.

The team canceled two home games in Portland this weekend and warned that that additional games could be called off amid a players’ strike over the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with the ECHL minor league.