Welcome to the Bureau of Labor Education

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The Bureau provides workers and their organizations with knowledge for understanding and dealing with work-related challenges and opportunities.

The Bureau conducts programs, presentations, research, and online Labor Studies credit courses for workers, union leaders and staff, students, and educators. Contact our office for more details.

Recent Bureau Briefing Papers

• What is “right to work,” and how could it affect Maine?
  The Truth about “Right to Work” Laws (PDF)
  2011

• What is responsible contractor language and why is it so important?
  Responsible Contractors Help Build Thriving Communities (PDF)
  2010

• Update to…
  Labor’s Demographics (PDF)
  2010

• Maine Tax Reform and Maine’s Tax Burden: Shedding light on some important questions
  Who Pays and Who Benefits? 21st Century Tax Reform for Maine (PDF)
  2010

• Are wages keeping pace with the cost of living?
  The Minimum Wage: Two Generations of Neglect Add Up (PDF)
  2010

• The Employee Free Choice Act: What’s it all about?
  Restoring the Right to Organize: Impacts of the Employee Free Choice Act (PDF)
  2008

See our Publications Page for downloads of other briefing papers, and for Labor History titles, safety manuals, and other Bureau of Labor Education publications.

More information on these and other Bureau publications can be obtained by calling (207) 581-4124 or emailing labored@maine.edu