Hundreds of immigrants have moved to Maine in recent years, including those with expertise employers in the state desperately need. But many can’t get a job in their field.
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The Maine Millennial: I’m here for Maine Med’s nurses
They have healed my family many times – if they want a union, they have my full and complete support.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Union membership in Maine grew by about 19 percent in 2020
The state’s labor unions added about 13,000 members and now have about 82,000 overall, which is about 15 percent of the state’s workforce.
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Maine Voices: Job-based health insurance no longer meets needs of employers, workers
Publicly funded, privately provided universal care would free businesses, nonprofits, municipalities and government agencies to focus on more important matters.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Some employers plan to pay Portland’s new hazard wage
City Hall has said it will not enforce a new $18 emergency minimum wage until 2022, but businesses fear a delay would leave them open to lawsuits.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Calais hospital workers reach labor agreement, averting strike
A dispute over leadership and working conditions had led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
During pandemic, Calais hospital workers call 2-day strike
A dispute over leadership and working conditions has led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Big Tech gets a roadmap on how to write its own labor laws
A just-approved California measure should spur other states to weigh how to protect gig workers without sacrificing the flexibility they want.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Unionized workforce can make Portland Museum of Art stronger
A balance of power between labor and management equips an institution to adjust to change.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
State predicts Maine will lose nearly 16,000 jobs by 2028
But a shrinking labor market could increase wages and productivity, and an upswing in migration to the state could ease job losses, according to a new state analysis.