labor
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PublishedOctober 22, 2021
Maine’s job recovery stalled in September as COVID-19 surged
Maine's workforce shrank last month, even as thousands of people lost access to enhanced federal unemployment aid.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2021
Maine’s restaurant labor shortage intensifies as student employees return to school
Some businesses are cutting back operating hours to deal with the sudden loss of workers.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2021
The Wrap: Falafel coming to Forest Avenue, staffing shortage closes bakery – for now
Plus, good news for lovers of cheese, kelp and Kölsch.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2021
Our View: ‘Labor shortage’ is really something much bigger
COVID has caused people to reconsider their work lives, and given them the power to seek out something better.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2021
Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72
Trumka oversaw a federation with more than 12.5 million members and ushered in a more aggressive style of leadership.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2021
Guests are back, but Maine hotels are still struggling because of labor shortage
Many hotel employees are wearing different hats every day, pitching in to fill gaps caused by the pandemic and a shortage of foreign workers.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Businesses grapple with summer labor shortage
Finding seasonal help is a challenge most Lakes Region business owners are accustomed to, but the pandemic-fueled labor shortage has made this year tougher.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2021
Consolidated Communications workers in northern New England authorize strike
Union reps say the labor contracts of over 1,000 workers in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire expire Aug. 7, and negotiations over new contracts have stalled.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2021
North Carolina forester fined for crash in Maine that injured 14 foreign workers
Garcia Forest Service violated labor laws before a van crash in Harrington that hurt the workers in 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor says.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2021
Another View: Supreme Court undercuts farm labor organizers
This ruling doesn’t end labor rights in the fields. It just makes it harder for mostly nonwhite, non-English-speaking workers to exercise those rights.
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