A LABOR DAY GATHERING IN PORTLAND -- CALLING FOR ACTION FROM WASHINGTON TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE -- AND THE COUNTRY.... THE MAINE A-F-L C-I-O -- ALONG WITH THE SOUTHERN MAINE WORKERS CENTER AND LABOR COUNCIL -- HELD A CARAVAN ACROSS PORTLAND YESTERDAY... PUSHING FOR LEGISLATION TO BRING PANDEMIC RELIEF -- AND FEDERAL AID TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THEY NOTED MANY OF THESE WORKERS ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK BY GOING TO WORK THIS LABOR DAY -- AND THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. CYNTHIA PHINNEY, PRESIDENT OF THE MAINE AFL-CIO (5-12) "WE GATHER TODAY TO CALL ON OUR UNITED STATES SENATORS. THEY NEED TO REVERSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE WORSENING THE CRISIS FOR COMMUNITIES, AND WORKING FAMILIES." ALSO AIMED AT BRINGING ATTENTION TO RACIAL DISPARITIES IN