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The University of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

2008

Bureau of Labor Education

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Restoring The Right To Organize: Impacts Of The Employee Free Choice Act, University Of Maine Oct 2008

Restoring The Right To Organize: Impacts Of The Employee Free Choice Act, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

A report that provided information on and about the impacts the Employee Free Choice Act. It was prepared as a public service by the Bureau of Labor Education, University of Maine.


Hot Jobs Update: 2008 Outlook For Maine’S Women Workers, University Of Maine Apr 2008

Hot Jobs Update: 2008 Outlook For Maine’S Women Workers, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

This paper on the occupational outlook for Maine’s women workers was intended as an update to the Bureau of Labor Education’s previous briefing papers on this topic. These earlier papers showed that despite many upbeat analyses of the best “hot new jobs” that will be available to women workers in the next decade, the largest occupations available to women workers in Maine will continue to be primarily jobs with low wages and little economic security


Attaining Occupational Health And Safety Through... Education, Engineering, And Enforcement, University Of Maine Apr 2008

Attaining Occupational Health And Safety Through... Education, Engineering, And Enforcement, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine's report on attaining occupational health and safety through education, engineering, and enforcement.


Privatization Pitfalls Update, 2008, University Of Maine Apr 2008

Privatization Pitfalls Update, 2008, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

This briefing paper was an update to an earlier publication by the Bureau of Labor Education on the “pitfalls and problems” of privatization (1998). As with the previous paper, this update focused primarily on privatization as it concerns the provision of public services by states and localities in the U.S., rather than on federal levels or in other countries.