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 Revised BLS Data Confirms that Maine Ranks Near the Bottom among the States in Job Creation Statistics show Maine lost 1,300 jobs in 2011 and ranked 45th in per capita job growth Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, March 13, 2012) Revised data from the […] 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 Maine Leads the Nation- in Job Losses Maine ranks 50th in jobs performance, losing more jobs per capita in 2011 than any other state in the nation Augusta, Maine (Wednesday, February 08, 2012) An […] Posted February 8, 2012 Tags 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
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Jobs and Budget Cuts Top New England Service Providers’ Concerns A recent survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston confirms that limited job opportunities and federal, state, and local budget cuts pose significant problems for low […] Garrett Martin Posted January 12, 2012 Tags Budget, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget Maine people deserve credible analysis Two weeks ago MECEP released an analysis estimating the loss of nearly 4,500 jobs if the LePage Administration’s proposed $221 million cuts to the Department of Health […] Garrett Martin Posted December 19, 2011 Tags Budget, Jobs
Jobs and Income States Spend Billions on Economic Development Subsidies that Don’t Require Job Creation or Decent Wages Maine Programs Gets Erratic Scores, State Ranks 21st December 14, 2011–States are spending billions of dollars per year on corporate tax credits, cash grants and other economic […] Posted December 14, 2011 Tags Budget, Economy, Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income What’s the real deal with jobs in Maine? In recent weeks, there has been a tit-for-tat about jobs playing out in the Maine media. The opening salvo came from Doug Rooks writing in the (Lewiston) […] Garrett Martin Posted December 13, 2011 Tags Employment, Jobs