Following Packed Labor Day Weekend, Troy Jackson Shores Up Sweeping Support Across Key Unions

“When workers stand together, we can’t – and won’t – be stopped.”

PORTLAND, ME —  Following Labor Day weekend,  fifth-generation Mainer and logger, former Maine Senate President, and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Troy Jackson has shored up support from key unions across Maine and the country. The unions represent hundreds of workers across Maine who have seen Jackson’s commitment to workers’ rights firsthand during his time as Senate President.

“I’m damn proud to have earned these endorsements from my union brothers and sisters. For far too long workers have been getting screwed by Washington. But the tide is turning and it’s starting here in Maine,” said Jackson. “As a longtime union member, I know what it’s like to be sold out by politicians and Susan Collins who side with corporations, not us. Let me be clear: I will always have the back of working people whether it’s on the picket line, at the bargaining table, or in the U.S. Senate, because when workers stand together, we can’t – and won’t – be stopped.” 

Jackson, a member of five different unions over the years including IUPAT, IUOE, UAW, IAM & LiUNA, has been endorsed by more than 20 different unions as he runs for U.S. Senate. 

Labor endorsements include:

• Maine Building Trades Council

• Southern Maine Labor Council

• Eastern Maine Labor Council

• United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A

• Association of Heat and Frost Insulators & Allied Workers Local 6

• International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IW) Local 7

• United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445

• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 349

• Interior Systems Union Local 352

• North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

• Millwrights Local 1121. 

• Communications Workers of America (CWA)

• CWA Local 1400

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

• IBEW Local 567

• IBEW Local 104

• International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) 

• IUOE Local 4

• AFL-CIO 

• Maine AFL-CIO

• Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA!) 

• LiUNA! Local 327 

• LiUNA! Local 976

• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) 

• IUPAT Local DC 35

• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

• International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)

• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

• Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)

• International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART)

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

• UNITE HERE

• American Federation of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)

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