LABOR

Unions and other labor groups concerned about worker rights, working conditions, job opportunities, and the education of workers.

American Workers First
General Delivery
Allagash, ME 04774
398-4171 
Formed to save Maine logging jobs and promote sustainable forestry.

Bangor Clean Clothes Campaign--see Consumer Action and Information

Bureau of Labor Education
5713 Chadbourne Hall, UMO
Orono, ME 04469
581-4124  Fax 581-4122
labored@maine.edu
Kris Baker
Provides educational opportunities and conducts research on topics of special interest to Maine workers; sponsors special seminars, programs, and institutes about labor-related issues.

Career Centers - Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Employment Services
State House Station 55
Augusta, ME 04333
888-457-8883; 800-794-1110-TTY 
"One Stop" centers in 23 towns/cities in Maine offering job listings and employment services.  There is at least one in each county.

Clean Clothes Campaign of Southern Maine--see Consumer Action and Information

Farmington Area Citizens to End Sweatshops--see Consumer Action and Information

Food AND Medicine
20 Ivers St.
Brewer, ME 04412
989-5860
info@foodandmedicine.org
http://www.foodandmedicine.org
Food AND Medicine works with laid-off workers in Eastern Maine to insure that workers don't have to choose between eating and health care, that they have job opportunities providing a living wage and adequate income and that they have social benefits such as affordable health care.

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
PO Box 3343
Lewiston, ME 04243
623-1210, 442-7779
www.iww.org
The IWW is a union for all workers and is dedicated to organizing on the job, in our industries, and in our communities both to win better conditions today and to build a world without bosses, where production and distribution are organized by workers and for workers.

Job Corps
Vocational and educational training program for ages 16-24.  Goals include training for career pathways. Residential centers in Limestone and Bangor.

RR 1, Box 1727
Limestone, ME 04750
888-216-2034, 328-4212 
johnsoe@jcdc.jobcorps.org
www.jcdc.jobcorps.org
Eunice Johnson

1375 Union St.
Bangor, ME 04401
800-949-1937, 990-3000 
joypa@jcdc.jobcorps.org
www.jcdc.jobcorps.org
Patty Joy

Labor Councils
The three labor councils represent unions and union members on a regional level.

Labor Council - Central Maine
PO Box 598
Clinton, ME 04927
465-3279 
Neena Quirion

Labor Council - Greater Bangor
20 Ayer St.
Brewer, ME 04412
989-4141
bangorclc@workingfamilies.com
Jack McKay

Labor Council - Greater Portland
PO Box 3472
Portland, ME 04104
773-5760 
mln@maine.rr.com
Denis Norton

Labor Council - Katahdin Area
180 Bowdoin St.
Millinocket, ME 04462
723-5746
Herb Clark

Labor Party of Southern Maine--see Political

Maine AFL-CIO
PO Box 2669
Bangor, ME 04402
947-0006, 945-3776  Fax 945-9984
meaflcio@aol.com
www.maineaflcio.org
Ken Morgan, Ed Gorham
Statewide federation of local affiliated unions in Maine.  Our primary mission is to act as the "people's lobby" at the state legislature, working for legislation favorable to working people, and opposing harmful legislation.  Also provides assistance to groups seeking to form labor unions.

Maine Education Association
35 Community Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
800-452-8709; 622-5866  Fax: 623-2129
www.maine.nea.org
We represent the interests of 25,000 educators in Maine's public schools, technical colleges, and University of Maine system, and the employees of the Maine Public Broadcast Corporation.  Affliated with the national NEA.

Maine Labor Group on Health
PO Box 5197
Augusta, ME 04332
622-7823  Fax 622-3483
mlgh@gwi.net 
Statewide advocates of safety and health in the workplace. Trains workers and management on health and safety issues and practices.  Advocates within legislature and health care system for Maine's working people.

Maine Labor News
PO Box 3472
Portland, ME 04104
773-5760  Fax: 773-5766
mln@maine.rr.com
Burt Wartell
"The Voice of the Labor Movement in Maine" is a bi-monthly publication featuring union reports, local and national labor news, upcoming events, legislative and electoral information, and just about anything of interest to working people in Maine.

Maine State Employees Association
PO Box 1072
Augusta, ME 04332
622-3151, 800-452-8794 
Public sector labor union, representing state employees.

Maine Tradeswomen Network--see Women

Maine Women's Labor Institute
c/o Maine AFL-CIO, PO Box 2669
Bangor, ME 04402
622-3151 ext.133  Fax: 945-9984
Mary Anne Turowski
We are comprised of women trade-unionists with a purpose of addressing women's issues in the labor movement.  Affiliated with AFL-CIO.

Maine Workers Alliance
99-A Larrabee Road
Westbrook, ME 04092
877-822-1996 
Alliance of organized and unorganized workers and environmentalists supporting the rights of workers to decent pay and working conditions and opposing exploitation by contractors and corporations.

Training & Development Corporation
1 Cumberland Pl. #116
Bangor, ME 04401
945-9431, 800-834-0292  Fax 945-5960
tmudgett@tdc-usa.org
We provide employment and training services to Maine's economically disadvantaged and dislocated worker populations.  Services include assessment, competency, educational skills and on-the-job training, and employment counseling. Branch offices in Ellsworth, Bucksport, Dover-Foxcroft, and Millinocket.

18 School St, PO Box 1669
Bucksport, ME 04416
469-6385  Fax 469-6348

Mill Mall, 248 State St. #3A
Ellsworth, ME 04605
664-2300, 800-371-7543  Fax 667-4789
jfrost@tdc-usa.org

215 Penobscot Ave.
Millinocket, ME 04462
723-8173, 800-777-8173

Dover-Foxcroft Plaza, Route 15
Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
564-8438, 800-870-8438

Union of Needle Trades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE)
41 Franklin St., PO Box 365
Biddeford, ME 04005
284-4611  Fax: 284-0597
Activist union organizing workers throughout Maine to fight for economic justice.  We organize around anti-sweat shop and other issues.  Working to preserve jobs for Hathaway Shirt workers in Waterville and regain jobs at Biddeford Textile.

Women Unlimited--see Women