President Jackson appears on national labor podcast
AUGUSTA–Last month, Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, spoke with Julie Greene and Tim Schlittner from State of the Unions podcast about his journey from working in the Maine woods to being elected President of the Maine Senate by his peers in the Legislature. The episode – Out of the Woods: A Maine Union Member’s Journey […]
President Jackson’s bill to support loggers and haulers becomes law
AUGUSTA — A bill sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to support loggers and haulers was signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills on Friday. LD 1459, “An Act To Expand Application of the Maine Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act of 1973 to Harvesters and Haulers of Forest Products,” will provide loggers and haulers the same collective bargaining […]
Senate approves bill to support loggers and haulers in an initial party-line vote
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate approved a bill from Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, that would allow loggers and wood haulers to form cooperates and collectively bargain, in a party-line vote on Tuesday. The bill – LD 1459, “An Act To Expand Application of the Maine Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act of 1973 to Harvesters and […]
Committee approves Jackson bill to allow loggers, haulers the right to form cooperative in party-line vote
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing approved a bill from Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, that would allow loggers and wood haulers the right to form cooperatives, in a party-line vote on Friday. The bill – LD 1459, “An Act To Expand Application of the Maine Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act of 1973 […]
