Union leader on paid leave from $170k job accused of substance abuse

Union leader on paid leave from $170k job accused of substance abuse

A senior maritime union official, who has been absent from his leadership role for much of the past 12 months, is facing allegations of substance abuse and supplying ice to a teenager.

Fight to keep Paid Family and Medical Leave in Maine wages on as legislators hear 13 bills to slash program – The Maine Campus

Groups of legislators and supporters rallied together outside of the State House in Augusta on April 23 to testify against 13 bills that would dismantle the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program that was originally established back in 2023.  The PFML program was created to provide eligible workers with protected job and family-leave benefits. This program would provide workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid time off of work for a qualifie…