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Published
December 17, 2019

Maine Voices: Stock ownership plans offer appeal in motivating, retaining employees

ESOPs recognize the increased value of employee experience and jointly address perceived inequities.
Published
December 8, 2019

Why Americans are staying put

Policymakers will have to come to terms with a much more rooted population than we have had in the past.
Published
November 24, 2019

Insight: Jimmy Hoffa casts a long shadow over unions

Through works like 'The Irishman,' the notorious Teamsters president still links organized labor in the public imagination with organized crime.
Published
November 5, 2019

Maine hospitality industry plans free culinary training

A grant will fund training for 125 Mainers to fill gaps in the state's food service businesses.
Published
October 23, 2019

BIW union hopes to sink subcontracting plan that company says it needs

The shipyard says it needs temporary workers to complete a backlog of military orders, but the machinists' union says that would violate its contract.

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Published
October 12, 2019

UAW counters GM’s offer in hopes of a deal

The two sides begin a weekend of negotiations to end a strike that began nearly a month ago.
Published
October 9, 2019

UMaine professor loses appeal in lawsuit contesting union representation

The economics professor at Machias wants to block a union from representing him in contract negotiations and plans to file to have the case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published
October 1, 2019

Commission to consider raising Maine judges’ last-in-the-nation salaries

Judges' relatively low pay will be the focus of study by a commission set up to review compensation for top state officers, including the governor.
Published
September 28, 2019

Commentary: Mainers need Congress to pass U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

The USMCA will create a level playing field for our exporters, protect our local workers and give small businesses more access to Canadian and Mexican customers.
Published
September 24, 2019

Labor Department issues new overtime rule, replacing more generous proposal

The rule will make overtime pay available to 1.3 million additional workers, though the proposal replaces a more generous one advanced by former President Barack Obama.