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PublishedJanuary 18, 2020
Maine Voices: Time for students to occupy the classroom, demand fair pay for adjunct teachers
Part-time professors create courses, give lectures, spend hours grading and help students think critically – but they'd make more in fast food.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Union official: BIW doesn’t need subcontractors to stay competitive
After getting pay concessions and tax breaks, the company should be ready to fulfill its obligation to the U.S. defense manufacturing sector.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2020
Major labor law overhaul sought by Maine lawmakers
Democratic U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden back a measure that would block right-to-work laws and bolster America's struggling unions.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
Minimum wage increase means overtime pay for more Maine workers
The rules taking effect Wednesday will raise the threshold – from $33,000 to $36,000 a year – at which salaried employees must be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedDecember 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.
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PublishedNovember 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.
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PublishedNovember 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.
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PublishedOctober 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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PublishedOctober 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.
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