A bill passed by the Legislature created the 15-member panel to explore how to solve workforce shortages and other worker-related issues in an industry where demand continues to grow.
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Coalition aims to ease workforce crisis by keeping Maine college grads in Maine
The pilot program will include student interns conducting ‘guerrilla marketing’ activities and a partnership with a ride-sharing app.
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Our View: Apprentices part of answer to workforce problems
An increasingly popular state program shows how employers have to help produce more qualified workers.
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Facing a raft of retirements, BIW seeks 1,000 new hires
The Bath shipyard has contracts to build 11 new DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the Navy over the next eight years.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Educate Maine director: Coming together to address Maine’s workforce challenges
Growing our talent pool will take commitment to making sure all Maine people have the educational preparation to succeed in the workplace.
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Employers flock to 80-year-old apprenticeship program amid workforce crunch
Rapidly growing participation in the state-administered program is raising concerns that it will become overwhelmed.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Lawmakers should pass bond package
None of Maine’s long-term infrastructure needs will benefit from a year with no investment.
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Commander of newest Bath-built ship is part of a rare class
Fewer than 1 percent of the Navy’s commanding officers are women. Cmdr. DonAnn Gilmore, who will take command of BIW’s USS Daniel Inouye, is one of them.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Dana Connors: Green-card reforms would bring more willing, able workers to Maine
The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act would benefit our state’s economy and its job creators.
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Summer labor crunch hits Maine businesses hard
Many restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions are going short-staffed this season, and the lack of qualified employees is reverberating in other sectors.