The Maine Wire: “Big Labor: Maine’s two largest labor unions merge” plus 2 more

• Big Labor: Maine’s two largest labor unions merge
• Maine jobless rate drops for third straight month to 6.4 percent
• Another Massive O’Care Exemption

Big Labor: Maine’s two largest labor unions merge AUGUSTA – Top labor union officials announced Friday the merger of Maine’s two largest labor unions. The Maine State Employees Association (MSEA) will join the Maine AFL-CIO after seven-years of independence, according to a press release from the AFL-CIO. “Rejoining the Maine AFL-CIO formalizes the effective working partnerships that MSEA-SEIU members and Maine AFL-CIO members […]

Maine jobless rate drops for third straight month to 6.4 percent AUGUSTA – Maine’s unemployment rate fell for the third consecutive month to 6.4 percent in the month of November — the lowest since November of 2008. That translates to 5,400 fewer jobless than this time last year, according to the Maine Department of Labor. The state further notes that Maine’s unemployment rate is below the […]

Another Massive O’Care Exemption WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama decreed Thursday that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate penalty shall not apply to some of the individuals whose insurance plans have been outlawed by his signature health care law, more commonly known as Obamacare. The Obama administration will ease the pain of implementing the law by granting a […]