What We’re Doing In Maine Select typeArticleEventMedia HitMultimediaReportResolutionSpeechStatement Apply December 8, 2017 Blog President of IBEW Local 1253 Joins Sit-In to Fight ‘Dead-Wrong’ Tax Bill Outraged by the GOP’s tax bill, a local IBEW president was among five protesters who staged a sit-in and ultimately were arrested Monday at Sen. Susan Collins’ (R) office in Bangor, Maine. December 6, 2017 Blog Working People Arrested for Attempting to Hold Sen. Susan Collins Accountable for Anti-Worker Tax Vote On Monday, five working people were arrested in Bangor, Maine, after they refused to leave Sen. Susan Collins' office until she committed to opposing the horrible tax legislation passed by the Senate last week.