Maine labor committee hears emotional testimony for expanding special retirement to community response workers Sen. Mike Tipping and union and frontline witnesses urged the Joint Standing Committee on Labor to add community crisis and response workers to the 1998 special retirement plan, citing repeated assaults, long shifts and recruitment problems; MainePERS said costs have not yet been estimated.

Maine's frontline workers are fighting for dignity in retirement as they face dangerous conditions daily—will lawmakers answer their call?

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