Jobs and Income

New poll of Maine workers shows strong support for more workforce protections

A new survey of workers in Maine shows that there is significant desire for the state to take a major role in adopting policies that improve job […]

Beacon

Posted December 23, 2019

Tags Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Study points out problems facing Maine workers

A policy center in Augusta has completed a study on Maine’s workforce, and while compared to years past Maine as a whole is doing well, that doesn’t […]

Fox Bangor

Posted December 19, 2019

Tags Economic Security, Job Quality

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

NEW REPORT: Rosy economic indicators mask Mainers' lived experience in workforce

AUGUSTA, Maine — Household earnings and GDP are up. Unemployment and poverty are down. But do these indicators really describe the ground-level experience of Maine’s working families […]

Posted December 18, 2019

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Job Quality

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Maine Has The Highest Food Insecurity Rate In New England. Here's How 1 Food Bank Is Addressing That

Kristen Miale is the president of the largest hunger-relief organization in Maine, the Good Shepherd Food Bank. Good Shepherd distributes food to all 16 counties in the […]

Maine Public

Posted November 28, 2019

Tags Economic Security, EITC, Food Insecurity, Inequality, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Feminism benefits everyone working jobs historically seen as ‘women’s work’

I attended a town hall meeting and panel discussion on Nov. 23 hosted by the Maine Women’s Lobby. The panel, assembled in the community room at Lithgow […]

Beacon

Posted November 27, 2019

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

10 years of failing to raise the federal minimum wage

U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that wages grew across the board for Maine workers in 2017. Analysis by the left-leaning Maine Center for Economic Policy found that income growth in […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted November 27, 2019

Tags Children, Economic Security, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Maine Women's Lobby hosts educational forum in Augusta on gender pay gap

“The further women are along in their careers, the bigger the gap they have compared to men of the same age, education level and experience,” said James […]

WMTW

Posted November 25, 2019

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

How Maine’s public university system became one of the biggest threats to worker protections

James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, who consulted with Tipping on the overtime bill, said, “They tend to oppose anything that is […]

Beacon

Posted October 30, 2019

Tags Higher Education, Incomes, Job Quality

Jobs and Income

Uncertain work schedules linked to food and housing insecurity, anxiety in kids

James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said that these outcomes are especially relevant in Maine given that 128,000 of the state’s […]

Beacon

Posted October 16, 2019

Tags Children, Fair Scheduling, Job Quality

Maine’s Economy

Household incomes declined but wages increased in 2018. Here's how.

The latest round of 2018 data from the census bureau released last week contained two apparently contradictory trends: Household incomes in Maine went down over the previous […]

James Myall

Posted October 9, 2019

Tags Economy, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs

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New poll of Maine workers shows strong support for more workforce protections

Study points out problems facing Maine workers

NEW REPORT: Rosy economic indicators mask Mainers' lived experience in workforce

Maine Has The Highest Food Insecurity Rate In New England. Here's How 1 Food Bank Is Addressing That

Feminism benefits everyone working jobs historically seen as ‘women’s work’

10 years of failing to raise the federal minimum wage

Maine Women's Lobby hosts educational forum in Augusta on gender pay gap

How Maine’s public university system became one of the biggest threats to worker protections

Uncertain work schedules linked to food and housing insecurity, anxiety in kids

Household incomes declined but wages increased in 2018. Here's how.