Maine State Building & Construction Trades Council

01/13/2026

Building a Movement. Building Maine.

10/03/2025

Join Brother Troy Jackson in Brunswick this evening!

Mark your calendars! Join me, Congressman Raskin, Maine AFL-CIO's Cynthia Phinney and Machinists Union's Dave Sullivan and Bowdoin's Pine State Politics Podcast for a conversation on voting rights and the working class! We'll be in Brunswick on Friday at 8 p.m. Hope to see you there!

RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/JacksonForMaineRaskinEvent!

02/01/2025

Rest well, brothers. ✊🏼

We are saddened to confirm the five UA members who were on board American Airlines Flight 5342.

05/11/2024

The Union Construction Academy is now accepting applications!

Our four-week pre-apprenticeship program provides a pathway into rewarding Union careers for a diverse workforce, including women, African Americans, veterans, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, people from rural areas, and individuals who have had involvement with the corrections system.

Participants learn a range of hands-on skills and earn six-industry recognized credentials that will help them to land competitive apprenticeships and succeed once they get started. Our pre-apprentices also learn about the benefits of Union membership, and hear from Union representatives who teach them about the ins and outs of their trades.

We are currently recruiting for our spring/summer sessions. The first is coming up on June 10-July 3 in Portland. We will also be running a Women in the Trades session of the Union Construction Academy from July 22-August 16.

04/29/2024

April 28th was International Workers’ Memorial Day. 23 Working Mainers lost their lives in 2023 due to their work and/or their working conditions - at least three of whom were members of Maine’s construction workforce.

And yet astonishingly, there are some politicians in Washington and some *very, very close to home here in Maine* who’d rather work hard to find reasons to reject reasonable labor standards, worker protections and even the most modest attempts to raise the bar for our industry. Along with remembering those who lost their lives, we also remember that demonstrably dangerous approach.

Delivered to a sold-out crowd at the Western Maine Central Labor Council’s 18th Annual Workers’ Memorial Day dinner in Rumford, Maine Bureau of Labor Standards Director Dr. Jason Moyer-Lee discussed government’s role in protecting working Mainers. Intorduced by Maine AFL-CIO Executive Director Matt Schlobohm, Moyer-Lee's speech and his actions at the helm of the department and under the leadership of Department of Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman show that there are some who do get it. And working families are and will be safer because of them.

As Mother Jones was famously quoted, “Mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living.”

Are you ready to join us in that fight? Comment below.
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03/14/2024

The cutting of 12 jobs at Consolidated Communications continues what union and congressional leaders have called a 'troubling' trend at Maine's largest telecommunications company.

11/16/2023

Decades of UNION jobs...

Proponents for offshore wind in Maine are rallying behind efforts to build a new port to help bring the clean energy source online as soon as possible. A coalition of organized labor and environmental groups released a statement Wednesday highlighting its support for the “responsible development.....

11/14/2023

Our affiliated organization, the Maine Labor Climate Council is seeking applications for a Field Organizer. It's a hugely important position with the ability to work with some talented union leaders! Check it out today - deadline coming up hot!
https://unionjobs.com/listing.php?id=25374

Maine Labor Climate Council Maine AFL-CIO Southern Maine Labor Council

Field Organizer - MLCC : Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont — Union Jobs Clearinghouse

10/02/2023

The New York Times and Jim Tankersley know what's up...
North America's Building Trades Unions National Alliance for Fair Contracting

“We knew that Maine had an opportunity to be a national leader in this industry,” Mr. Shedlock said recently. “We also knew that if we didn’t insist on strong labor standards, that industry would be sold to the lowest bidder.”
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Labor leaders worry that some federal incentives for renewable energy do not come with strict standards on pay. In Maine, they added their own.