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Workforce

Published
September 6, 2022

Our View: Another summer tourism season shows value of good workers

Hospitality businesses are competing for workers from a limited pool. The ones that win will be the best position to thrive.
Published
September 4, 2022

Our View: Every effort must be made not to sideline skilled workers

Lots of factors make the workforce crisis stubborn. In 2022, credential recognition should not be one of them.
Published
September 4, 2022

Where have all the workers gone? And when will they return?

Short answer: Most of them won't. The past two years have upended the job market and created a vast labor shortage. It won't improve anytime soon.
Published
August 20, 2022

Our View: Stubborn labor market challenge calls for a little tenderness

In this unprecedented workforce crunch, it’s better for the customer to be patient than to be right.
Published
August 19, 2022

Maine’s unemployment rate heads toward record low

The state's jobless rate hits the lowest point since the start of the pandemic and nears record lows set three years ago.

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Published
August 11, 2022

Commentary: I’m working in my jammies, and I’m just fine

Mounting concern for remote workers’ health and well-being rings hollow.
Published
June 22, 2022

Debate begins early over raising Portland’s minimum wage to $18

Voters will likely be asked in November if they want to increase the city's minimum wage, which at $13 an hour is already above the statewide minimum and on its way to $15 in 2024.
Published
June 17, 2022

Economist: May decline in Maine’s workforce likely a seasonal blip

The state lost 2,900 jobs in May, probably the outcome of a changeover in the seasonal workforce from winter recreation to summer tourism.
Published
June 7, 2022

Maine launches incentive programs to boost state’s medical workforce

Gov. Janet Mills announces newly funded student loan repayment and scholarship programs for health care professions.
Published
June 7, 2022

Commentary: One solution to inflation? Allow more immigration

Reducing immigration in the Trump years has contributed to a worker shortage that is driving up wages, prices and contributing to inflation.