LD 1816 - Labor Education

(2022)

An Act to Promote Labor Education through the University of Maine System

What is the bill?

Working people deserve lifelong education and learning opportunities to make sense of the world, the economy and the history of their unions. Maine has a rich labor history and a strong tradition of labor education. By creating the Charlie Scontras Labor and Community Education Center, this bill honors the life's work of Maine's late, great labor historian, Charlie Scontras and strengthens labor education by establishing a community-facing labor education center at USM. This labor center will offer labor education for students, unions and especially the community at large. The bill also provides additional ongoing funding to the UMaine Bureau of Labor Education.

What happened?

Enacted into law (Passed by the Legislature, Signed by the Governor)

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