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What You Should Know About "Right To Work" Laws, 2013 Update, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine
What You Should Know About "Right To Work" Laws, 2013 Update, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine
Bureau of Labor Education
This is a brief 2013 update to the Bureau of Labor Education’s (BLE) 2011 briefing paper, “The Truth about ‘Right to Work’ Laws.” As documented in the 2011 BLE paper, the term “right-to-work” is highly misleading, and many studies have shown that RTW laws are not helpful to the well-being of working people. “Right-to-work” does not protect against unfair firing, or promote equitable wages and decent working conditions. By undermining unions and the ability of labor and management to bargain freely, right-to-work laws weaken the ability of workers to protect their rights through a union contract. There are two major …
Working Waterfronts And The Czma: Defining Water-Dependent Use, Terra Bowling
Working Waterfronts And The Czma: Defining Water-Dependent Use, Terra Bowling
Maine Sea Grant Publications
Water-dependent businesses, including marine transportation companies, seafood processing plants, commercial fishing, and charter boats, require infrastructure located on or adjacent to water to maintain their operations. The working waterfronts necessary to support these industries, such as slips, dry-docks, ramps, loading and unloading facilities, and warehouses, are often at risk of displacement by non-water-dependent uses like restaurants, hotels, retail, or residential housing. Traditional working waterfronts and the businesses that rely on them can be preserved, in part, through the incorporation of water-dependency definitions and requirements into state and local laws, regulations, and policies.
State Funding For Ports: Selected State Summaries And Links To Resources, Alexander Boswell-Ebersole, Thomas T. Ankersen
State Funding For Ports: Selected State Summaries And Links To Resources, Alexander Boswell-Ebersole, Thomas T. Ankersen
Maine Sea Grant Publications
The maritime industry in the United States, which plays a significant role in the economies of coastal states and the nation as a whole, involves a diverse variety of working waterfronts, ranging from large commercial ports that facilitate heavy industry to small-scale, traditional working waterfronts. Moreover, in many areas of the country, the economic and cultural identities of local communities depend almost exclusively on traditional working waterfronts. Unfortunately, land use and economic policy shocks, such as escalating coastal property values and taxes, increasing demands for non-water-dependent land uses, and complex and time-consuming permitting processes, currently threaten many working waterfronts. Since …