The nonpartisan, New-York-based Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) reports that rather than being a drag on our economy, immigrants actually help grow it and by remarkably large amounts. […]

Jody Harris

Posted July 11, 2012

Tags Economy, Immigration, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Faulty Jobs Numbers Fuel Governor LePage's Premature Victory Lap

Today Governor LePage’s office released a report called Making Maine Prosperous, subtitled “The First 500 Days of Governor Paul LePage”. In that report, the unidentified authors from […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 18, 2012

Tags Jobs

Jobs and Income

US House Votes to Eliminate Major Source of Economic and Demographic Data

The American Community Survey is the only source of objective, consistent, and comprehensive information about the nation’s social, economic, and demographic characteristics down to the neighborhood level. […]

Joel Johnson

Posted May 18, 2012

Tags Budget, Economy, Federal

Jobs and Income

Fact Sheet: Jobs in Focus. Maine Lawmakers Must Take Action to Overcome a Year of Job Losses and Put Mainers Back to Work

An analysis of federal Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals that in the year beginning January 1, 2011, Maine lost 1,300 jobs. Fact Sheet: Jobs in […]

MECEP

Posted March 13, 2012

Tags Employment, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Jobs in Focus

MECEP recently published a jobs report that raises questions about Maine’s economic performance since January 2011 and suggests that the LePage Administration could do more to address […]

Garrett Martin

Posted February 22, 2012

Tags Jobs

Jobs and Income

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1786, An Act to Repeal the Requirement That the Department of Labor Calculate the Livable Wage

MECEP opposes LD 1786. The livable wage is a useful tool for benchmarking Maine’s wages. It provides job seekers, employers, and policymakers useful information to assess the […]

MECEP

Posted February 15, 2012

Tags Incomes, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1725 An Act to Strengthen the Unemployment Insurance Laws and Reduce Unemployment Fraud

As we are all too intimately aware, Maine has a jobs deficit. Approximately 48,700 Mainers are unemployed.1 In 2011, we lost approximately 7,200 jobs.2 Our top priority […]

MECEP

Posted January 27, 2012

Tags Employment, Jobs

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Testimony at Hearing on LD 1786, An Act to Repeal the Requirement That the Department of Labor Calculate the Livable Wage

Testimony at Hearing on LD 1725 An Act to Strengthen the Unemployment Insurance Laws and Reduce Unemployment Fraud