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The Maine Service Employees Association (formerly Maine State Employees Association) is a public sector trade union in the U.S. state of Maine. It has been part of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 1989) since 1988, though it formed earlier. [1] Its newspaper is called the Maine Stater. [2]
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is the health department of Maine headquartered in Augusta, Maine, that provides public assistance, child and family welfare services, and oversees health policy and management. [1] It is the largest executive branch department in Maine, employing over 3,000 people. [1]
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and mass layoffs of employees. [1]
Laura A. Fortman (born 1954) is an American government employee, non-profit executive, and women's rights activist. Since 2013 she has served as deputy administrator of the Wage and Hour Division at the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. Previously she was commissioner of the Maine Department of Labor, and executive director of the Frances Perkins Center, the Maine Women's ...
The Maine AFL–CIO is a federation of AFL–CIO-affiliated labor unions in the state of Maine.. The federation lobbies the state legislature and executive branch on issues important to its members, assists its state and local affiliate unions in organizing new members, conducts training and educational programs, and conducts research into labor-related issues such as workplace health and ...
Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 [1] [2] – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position. A member of the Democratic Party, Perkins was the first woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.
Personal. Scontras was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Greek immigrants. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. His mother worked in the textile mills of nearby Biddeford and his father was a shoe repairman. [2] Prior to his career in education, he owned a shoe store and shoe repair business.
Website. Official website. The secretary of state of Maine is a constitutional officer in the U.S. state of Maine and serves as the head of the Maine Department of State. The Secretary of State performs duties of both a legislative branch as well as an executive branch officer. The role oversees areas that include motor vehicle licensing, state ...