A dispute over leadership and working conditions had led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
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During pandemic, Calais hospital workers call 2-day strike
A dispute over leadership and working conditions has led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
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Report links Maine’s post-pandemic economic recovery to clean energy efforts
Efforts to boost renewable and efficient energy use in the state also could help the economy recover lost jobs, according to a report by the Mills administration.
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State emergency grant recipients to begin receiving checks next week
About $105 million awarded to about 2,300 small businesses and nonprofits will start going out soon, economic development officials say.
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Portland chamber says minimum wage increase could devastate businesses
Proponents say the increase to $15 by 2024 will help women and people of color, but many employers are concerned that a hazard pay provision requiring time-and-a-half pay during a declared emergency will put them out of business.
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Jetport restaurant worker alleges retaliation by management firm in federal lawsuit
Tonya Joy of Gorham says she was labeled a ‘bad apple’ and deprived of shifts after asking for a week’s notice of her work schedule because her elderly mother has multiple scleroris and requires care.
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Maine PUC denies reconsideration of disputed clean-energy contracts
Two failed bidders have questioned whether some of the approved projects would ever be built or achieve the promised benefits.
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Developers denied Maine clean energy contracts question selection process
Longroad Energy and Clearway Renew LLC, which submitted losing bids, say the state may not have adequately considered the viability of some projects awarded contracts.
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Company plans biorefinery for zero-emission heating oil in Maine
Biofine Developments Northeast Inc. of Bangor has formed a partnership with Sprague Resources LP to produce a patented biofuel made from forest product waste.
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Groups file lawsuit against Army Corps of Engineers over CMP corridor analysis
The Appalachian Mountain Club, Natural Resources Council of Maine and Sierra Club Maine allege the Army Corps failed to rigorously assess the transmission corridor project’s environmental impact.