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🌱 What SMCC faculty demanded in Monday’s South Portland campus wage protest

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  • What SMCC faculty demanded in Monday's South Portland campus wage protest

Also on today's calendar: Learn The Truth About Getting Rid Of Your Stuff and 7 more events.

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  • Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 67, low: 63.
  • Thursday: Humid with rain, with a high of 67 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SMCC faculty picket for equal wages (pressherald.com) — Faculty at Southern Maine Community College's South Portland campus staged a picket on the first day of classes, protesting that lab, clinical, and shop instructors earn 20% less per hour than classroom teachers. Union leaders, local officials, and a Senate candidate joined the action, pressing the administration to return to negotiations and warning that low pay threatens both teacher retention and workforce training.
   

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    Tuesday September 1
  • Morning Book Discussion at Scarborough Public Library →
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  • Social housing program gets city task force sign-off in Portland, Maine (smartcitiesdive.com)

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