Jobs and Income

Farmworker Rights — An Explainer

Print Who are Maine’s farmworkers? The people who milk our cows, rake our blueberries, harvest our potatoes, and do the hard work to power Maine’s agricultural sector […]

Arthur Phillips

Posted August 29, 2024

Tags Explainer, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Racial Equity, Unions, Wages

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Celebrating Labor on Labor Day

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss Labor Day. Click here to […]

WGME

Posted August 28, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Maine Calling: Long-Term Care

In the past decade, dozens of nursing homes in Maine have closed—one of the highest rates in the nation. Families across the state struggle to find safe, […]

Maine Public

Posted August 15, 2024

Tags Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Wage protection changes for workers

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Arthur Phillips, policy analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about wage protection changes […]

WGME

Posted August 14, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Maine Can Now Order Employers to Pay Workers Damages for Missed Wages

The proposal passed the Maine Legislature earlier this year. The law change had support from labor leaders in Maine who said it was especially important to protect […]

US News and World Report

Posted August 12, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Maine’s Economy

5 reasons to be optimistic about Maine’s economy

At a glance: Despite consensus that the economy is in bad shape, Americans are broadly optimistic about their own financial circumstances Economic data mirrors this sentiment: unemployment […]

James Myall

Posted July 30, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: How to keep strong job market going

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss how to keep the strong […]

WGME

Posted July 24, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Podcast: The ongoing abandonment of older Mainers

Arthur Philips of the Maine Center for Economic Policy joins Cate Blackford to discuss the results of their report on Maine’s direct care workforce. It’s not good. Click […]

Beacon

Posted July 6, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

New federal overtime rule will protect an extra 26,000 salaried Maine workers

At a glance: The federal department of labor is raising the threshold for low-paid salaried workers to be eligible for overtime pay, nearly doubling the number of […]

James Myall

Posted July 3, 2024

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Overtime, Wages

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Overtime Rules

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss new federal overtime rules and […]

WGME

Posted July 3, 2024

Tags Federal, Job Quality, Jobs, Overtime, Wednesday Sit Down

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Farmworker Rights — An Explainer

Wednesday Sit-Down: Celebrating Labor on Labor Day

Maine Calling: Long-Term Care

Wednesday Sit-Down: Wage protection changes for workers

Maine Can Now Order Employers to Pay Workers Damages for Missed Wages

5 reasons to be optimistic about Maine’s economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: How to keep strong job market going

Podcast: The ongoing abandonment of older Mainers

New federal overtime rule will protect an extra 26,000 salaried Maine workers

Wednesday Sit-Down: Overtime Rules