Sen. Beebe-Center earns high marks from unions for pro-worker voting record

Posted: September 27, 2024 | Senator Beebe-Center

AUGUSTA — Sen. Pinny Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, earned a perfect score from the Maine AFL-CIO for her votes to support working Maine families. Sen. Beebe-Center is one of 22 Senators to earn a 90 or perfect score from the AFL-CIO.

“I am proud to represent the hardworking men and women of Knox County,” said Sen. Beebe-Center. “I promise to keep looking out for the incredible members of our workforce, from lobstermen to health care workers to teachers, because they deserve to have someone who can represent their needs in Augusta.”

Sen. Beebe-Center has a long history of supporting Maine workers, including being an original co-sponsor for Sen. Mattie Daughtry’s, D-Brunswick, statewide Paid Family and Medical Leave Program in 2023. She also voted to establish minimum wage protections for farmworkers and to make childcare more affordable, as well as raise wages for childcare workers.

Maine AFL-CIO, a statewide federation of more than 200 labor unions, based their scorecard on legislators’ votes on 11 bills, including the bipartisan supplemental budget and:

  • LD 1983: “An Act to Establish the Maine Buy American and Build Maine Act,” sponsored by Pres. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash
  • LD 1639: “An Act to Address Unsafe Staffing of Nurses and Improve Patient Care,” sponsored by Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough
  • LD 1756, “An Act to Enhance the Predictability of Mandated Overtime for Pulp or Paper Manufacturing Facility Employees,” sponsored by Pres. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash
  • LD 373, “An Act to Improve Labor Conditions for Maine Workers,” sponsored by Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono

The Maine AFL-CIO represents more than 40,000 Maine workers and retirees delivering public services or working at paper mills, shipyards, hospitals, construction sites, nonprofits, utilities, and in many other industries.

A PDF of the full scorecard can be found here.