Events
Labor Spotlight Lectures Series
Is A Basic Income Guarantee Good For Workers?
Friday, April 3, 2026 from 3-4:30 PM
Harmon Room, Chadbourne Hall, UMaine, & on Zoom
Dr. Mike Howard, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at UMaine
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Enmax, Iberdrola, & the Globalization of Maine’s Power Industry
Friday, April 10, 2026 from 2-3:00 PM
Harmon Room, Chadbourne Hall, UMaine, & on Zoom
Dr. Stefano Tijerina, Senior Lecturer at the Maine Business School. Author of Opportunism and Goodwill: Canadian Business Expansion in Colombia, 1867–1979
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Tariffs, Workers & the Global Economy
Thursday, November 20, 2025 from 3-5:00 PM
Panelists: Historian and UMaine Professor Emerita Elizabeth McKillen,
MECEP policy analyst James Myall,
President of the Southern Maine Labor Council Jason J. Shedlock.
Maine Campus article “UMaine Bureau of Labor Education hosts ongoing Labor Spotlight Series, tariffs impact on workers explained”
400 Years of Maine Labor History
Thursday, November 6, 2025 from 3-4:30 PM
With Andy O’Brien, Maine AFL-CIO’s Director of Communications
In the Harmon Room at Chadbourne Hall, UMaine Campus
“Education and Justice in Maine”
Sunday, April 6, 2025 from 12:30-2:00 PM
A panel discussion with Emily Albee and Adele Drake
At the Wilson Center, 67 College Ave., Orono
“Race and Labor in the Aftermath of the 2024 Elections”
Sunday, February 23, 2025 from 12:30-2:00 PM
With scholar and labor activist Bill Fletcher Jr.
At the Wilson Center
Socialist and Marxist Studies/Democracy Forum/Controversies Series
The Bureau sponsors this Philosophy Department lecture series. Click on the link below for a complete list of this semester’s lectures.
Spring Semester Lectures beginning April 9, 2026
National History Day
The Maine National History Day Contest is on May 2 at the University of Maine Campus. The 2026 Theme is Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.
Visit our National History Day page to learn about the special prize in labor history and the list of past recipients.
Maine AFL-CIO Labor Summer Institute
The 2026 Summer Institute will be held on August 5-6 at the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine in Orono.
Visit the Summer Institute page to register. Registration will open in May.
Past Events
Protecting Jobs and Ecosystems in Maine After the Fall Elections
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Featured speaker Senator Troy Jackson, President of the Maine Senate, discussed the critical and timely topic of protecting jobs and ecosystems in Maine after the 2024 fall elections. Tina Riley, an IBEW electrician and former State Rep. from Jay, and Jonathan Fulford, co-chair of Sierra Club’s Legislative Team, were also on the panel. This event was live at the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union at the University of Maine in Orono, and on Zoom. Attendees were encouraged to ask questions about Maine’s future in these challenging times.
Sponsored by Sierra Club Maine, the Maine Labor Climate Council, and the Bureau of Labor Education at UMaine