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Central Maine Community College in Auburn is receiving $2.7 million in federal money to help train displaced workers and provide job opportunities to graduates.
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded nearly $5 million to Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. in Brunswick to be used to train 300 long-term unemployed people.
Maine's unemployment rate was 7.6% in August, relatively unchanged from the same month last year.
Cianbro Corp. has been named by the AARP as one of the top 50 U.S. employers for workers over 50.
Union members at Katahdin Paper Co.'s mill in East Millinocket yesterday gave tentative support to a contract with a potential buyer, making area officials optimistic a sale could close by tonight's deadline.
Bath Iron Works is laying off 44 employees in its engineering department, effective Sept. 23.
T-Mobile call center workers and union representatives yesterday rallied in Oakland to criticize the center's receipt of tax incentives, claiming it hasn't created enough jobs.
July's unemployment rate was 7.7%, nearly unchanged from the same month one year ago.
More than 100 companies that participate in a Maine Development Foundation program are getting extra incentives to encourage their employees to seek higher education.
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Unemployment remained relatively flat last month at 7.8%, the Maine Department of Labor announced Friday.
The state added nearly 3,000 green jobs between 2003 and 2010, outpacing the national average growth in the industry, a new report from the Brookings Institution finds.
Talks between the state and its largest union, the Maine State Employees Association, broke off last week on the eve of the contract's June 30 expiration.
Workers affected by the closure of the Katahdin Paper Co. mill in East Millinocket are receiving help in the form of more than $650,000 in federal re-employment funds.
Bangor-based Eastern Maine Development Corp. has cut seven staff positions, citing reduced resources and fewer contracts.
Maine's unemployment rate inched up to 7.7% in May, according to the Maine Department of Labor.
Sales of electric vehicles rose by 25% last year, with 17 million sold worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency's recent "Global EV Outlook." The trend is led by China, where half of the new cars sold were EVs.
In the U.S., sales of EVs increased by 10% last year, but that was off the pace of 2023, when a 40% gain was recorded.
The report noted a plateauing of sales in Europe, where some countries are rolling back incentives offered to EV buyers.
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