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Crisis far from over for Maine women suffering prolonged unemployment The state lost more than 48,000 jobs from February to December of last year, and women held 57% of those jobs. The crisis has drawn attention to systemic inequities for Maine's working women. Share Abby Howell of Biddeford holds her children, 4-month-old Audrey, left, and Eloise Garafalo, 2, at their home on Thursday. Howell is one of thousands of Maine women who've had to leave jobs or are having trouble finding work because of child and family care pressures related to the pandemic and recession. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/...

By Staff As part of a new national initiative, Maine will receive up to $100,000 in grant funding and other support to accelerate COVID-19 workforce recovery. Maine was selected as one of the first nine states in the Workforce Innovation Network, a joint initiative of the National Governors Association and Cognizant U.S. Foundation. The state will receive a grant to improve employment outcomes in response to the economic impacts of COVID-19, connecting job seekers to training, education, job opportunities and essential support services, according to a news release. “There ar...

AUGUSTA — Maine has been selected as the inaugural cohort of states in the Workforce Innovation Network, the National Governors Association (NGA) and Cognizant U.S. Foundation announced Tuesday. The state will receive a grant to improve employment...

Updated on January 11, 2021 at 7:18 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Two new concerning data points are illustrating the damage Maine's economy is feeling from the coronavirus pandemic. A Maine Department of Labor analysis published on Dec. 30, shows the state suffered its worst percentage job loss dating back through eight recessions to 1969. According one of the author's of the analysis, Mark McInerney, director of Maine DOL's Center for Workforce Research and Information, 16% of Maine's total jobs were lost between February and April of last year, excluding farm jobs, gig economy jobs and some peopl...

Updated on January 11, 2021 at 7:21 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Two new concerning data points are illustrating the damage Maine's economy is feeling from the coronavirus pandemic. A Maine Department of Labor analysis published on Dec. 30, shows the state suffered its worst percentage job loss dating back through eight recessions to 1969. According one of the author's of the analysis, Mark McInerney, director of Maine DOL's Center for Workforce Research and Information, 16% of Maine's total jobs were lost between February and April of last year, excluding farm jobs, gig economy jobs and some peopl...