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PUBLICATIONS

Now available for download:
The new, updated

A Maine Guide to
Employment Law

2008 edition

PDF Download (133 pages, 2.2 MB)

The Guide is available in hardcopy format
from our office, for $5/copy.
Contact the Bureau to order.
207 581-4124
labored@maine.edu


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MAINE LABOR HISTORY

The University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education is the sole publisher of scholarly works by Dr. Charles Scontras on Maine's rich labor heritage. Because labor history has been largely overlooked by historians of Maine, these books contain material that is not available elsewhere. They are essential reading for anyone looking for a well-rounded account of Maine's history.

Labor History Titles

In the Name of Humanity: Maine's Crusade Against Child Labor

The Socialist Alternative: Utopian Experiments and the Socialist Party of Maine, 1895-1914

Organized Labor in Maine: Twentieth Century Origins

Collective Efforts Among Maine Workers: Beginnings and Foundations, 1820-1880

Samual Gompers and the American Federation of Labor vs. Maine's Congressman Charles E. Littlefield,
1900-1913

Organized Labor in Maine: War, Reaction, Depression, and the Rise of the CIO, 1914-1943

Labor in Maine: Building the Arsenal of Democracy and Resisting Reaction at Home, 1939-1952

Available from the University of Maine bookstore:

E-MAIL: umbook@maine.edu

or call the Bureau for availability
from our office:
207 581-4124



SAFETY MANUALS FOR INDUSTRY

The Bureau periodiclly delivers safety training through OSHA grants. The most recent grant was for designed for construction workers.

The Safety Handbook produced for the construction safety grant is available for free download in pdf fomat HERE.

The previous grant provided training for shipyards and boatyards. Over the course of the grant, over 500 Maine ship- and boat-yard employers and employees received on-site safety training and consultations.

The Safety Handbook produced for the shipyard/boatyard grant is available for free download in pdf format HERE.

The Instructors' Manual produced for the shipyard/boatyard grant is available for free
download in pdf format HERE

 

BRIEFING PAPERS
on policy issues of current interest

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Restoring the Right to Organize:
Impacts of the
Employee Free Choice Act

Fall 2008

Fair Pay and Fair Contracting:
Maine's Prevailing Wage Laws

2009


Stretching the Law II:
The Misclassification of Employees
as Independent Contractors

2009


Hot Jobs Update: 2008 Outlook for Maine's Women Workers
Spring 2008

Privatization Pitfalls
Spring 2008

The Three E's:
Attaining Occupational Health and Safety Through
Education, Engineering, and Enforcemen
t
Spring 2008


Stretching the Law, Stressing the State:
Misclassified Workers in
Maine's Construction Industry
Spring 2007

What Counts, and Who's Counting?
Maine's Business Climate 2006

Winter 2006
HTML version

Project Labor Agreements and
Construction in Maine

June 2005

Hot Jobs Update:
2005 Outlook for Maine's Women Workers

Spring 2005

Hot Jobs or Not So Hot?
Outlook for Maine's Women Workers

Spring 2003

Fair Weather or Foul?
Maine's Business Climate Revisited

Summer 2002

Thinking Outside the Box:
The Challenge of Maine's
Regional Service Centers

Winter 2002

The U.S. Healthcare System:
Best in the World,
or Just the Most Expensive?

Summer 2001

Labor's Demographics: Report for 2001
Spring 2001

Maine's Development Dilemma
2001

The Minimum Wage: Issues to Consider
1999

The full version of these papers is available here in PDF format.

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the files.

If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your machine, follow the link below to download your free copy.

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Printing tip: If the text seems too small when you print a paper from Acrobat Reader, check the Print dialog, and set Page Scaling to None before printing.

Printed copies of some of these papers are available in limited quantities free of charge from the Bureau of Labor Education while supplies last. See our home page for information on how to contact our office.

 

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