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Jobs and Income

After pandemic exposed Maine’s frayed safety net, report details best policy solutions

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that policymakers must take steps to improve working conditions and ensure greater racial and economic equity, according to a new report […]

Beacon
Posted November 9, 2021
Tags Coronavirus, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income

Economic burden of the COVID-19 pandemic falls hardest on Mainers of color

The pandemic shined a lens on existing racial and gender disparities in Maine and throughout the country during the pandemic, highlighting large differences in access to jobs […]

Bangor Daily News
Posted November 9, 2021
Tags Coronavirus, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income

Report: Mainers who work in-person 50 percent more likely to contract coronavirus

The Maine Center for Economic Policy found those who worked in-person were 50 percent more likely to contract the virus than remote workers. Black Mainers were more […]

WGME
Posted November 9, 2021
Tags Coronavirus, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income

Maine Center for Economic Policy releases ‘State of Working Maine’ report

A new report by the Maine Center for Economic Policy points to a general undervaluing of work that is sometimes deemed critical or essential. It also noted […]

WABI
Posted November 9, 2021
Tags Coronavirus, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

New Report & Press Event: State of Working Maine 2021

AUGUSTA, MAINE — The experiences of frontline workers during the pandemic offer lessons beyond the immediate public health threat, according to a new report released today by the Maine […]

Posted November 4, 2021
Tags Caregiving, Coronavirus, Economic Security, Economy, Employment, Inequality, Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Days, Racial Equity, Unemployment, Unions, Wages
Jobs and Income

Cutting off unemployment benefits did little to return Mainers to work

Maine’s negative job growth reflects what’s going on across the nation, said James Myall, a policy analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy. “As expected, coercing […]

Beacon
Posted October 26, 2021
Tags Coronavirus, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Jobs report highlights continued barriers to Mainers returning to work

Today, the Maine Department of Labor released data showing a modest decline in jobs, further evidence that the September 4 expiration of supplemental unemployment support for tens […]

Arthur Phillips
Posted October 22, 2021
Tags Economy, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment, Wages
Jobs and Income

Maine’s job recovery stalled in September as COVID-19 surged

“I think we can finally put that theory to bed,” said Arthur Phillips, a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, about the idea that […]

Portland Press Herald
Posted October 22, 2021
Tags Coronavirus, Employment, Unemployment
Jobs and Income

Progressive group estimates up to 95K Mainers impacted by end of federal unemployment aid

The Maine Center for Economic Policy, a progressive group, says more than 22,000 Mainers have now lost those federal benefits, citing data from the Maine Department of […]

WMTW
Posted September 7, 2021
Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Federal, Unemployment
Jobs and Income

Latest data shows up to 95,000 Mainers risk losing unemployment benefits this week

As noted by Maine Center for Economic Policy in a previous article, September 4 marks the end of new federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs enacted by Congress […]

James Myall
Posted September 6, 2021
Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Federal, Unemployment, Wages
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