Urgent message from our friends at Food and Medicine and the AFL-CIO:

Below is an important message from our friends at the Maine AFL-CIO, and we need to spread the word. If you can make one call this today, please call Senator Collins – there is a lot at stake and the vote is today! Passage of this bill could be devastating for Mainers in many ways, and we have a chance to impact Senator Collins’ vote.

Will you give her office a call? The information and phone numbers are below. 

-Food AND Medicine 

The U.S. Senate will soon vote on its Big Budget Bill that slashes funding to our rural hospitals, kicks people off health insurance and cuts workers’ pensions to deliver tax cuts to the very rich. We need you to call Senator Susan Collins.

Call Senator Susan Collins right now at 202-224-2523 & ask her to oppose the Senate Budget Bill! Or call Senator Collins locally

Augusta  (207) 622-8414  Bangor  (207) 945-0417

Biddeford  (207) 283-1101  Caribou  (207) 493-7873

Lewiston  (207) 784-6969  Portland  (207) 618-5560

This Big Budget Bill will harm working classer Mainers by:

• Cutting taxes for the rich and making the rest of us pay for it. On average the top 1% in Maine will receive a nearly $37,000 tax cut while the majority of working people will lose out from the cuts in this bill.
• Harming federal workers and their retirements. The Senate Republican version of the bill raids federal workers pension to pay for tax cuts for the rich. New hires would be required to pay 15.6% of their pay toward retirement – an 11% increase from current employees.
• Harming rural hospitals, raising healthcare costs and causing 13 – 16 million people to lose health insurance. Medicaid funding cuts would cause hospitals, clinics and nursing homes to close or downsize, especially in rural communities. Estimates are that 13 – 16 million people would lose health insurance. A new analysis by the AFL-CIO finds that the bill would raise health care costs for everyone, including an estimation of up to $485 a year for the 179 million people with employment-based insurance.
• Banning states from passing or enforcing laws protecting workers from the threats artificial intelligence (AI) poses to our rights, jobs and safety. The bill would put a 10 year ban on states passing any laws related to AI.
• Increasing federal deficit by $4 – 5 trillion. The bill will explode the federal deficit, undermining economic stability and causing future cuts.

Please tell Senator Collins to VOTE NO on the Senate budget reconciliation bill: 202-224-2523!

Augusta  (207) 622-8414  Bangor  (207) 945-0417

Biddeford  (207) 283-1101  Caribou  (207) 493-7873

Lewiston  (207) 784-6969  Portland  (207) 618-5560

We need a budget that puts workers first, not billionaires.

In Solidarity,

Matt Schlobohm, Executive Director of the Maine AFL-CIO

PS: Can you get five other people to call Senator Collins? We need as many Mainers as possible to tell our Senator to VOTE NO on the Budget bill