Summary: Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Engineer: Amy Browne Jobs in Maine: What’s the Future? Key Discussion Points: a) global changes in employment and the nature of work b) the shifting demographics of jobs c) barriers to work d) what it means for Maine Guests: James Breece, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Maine. umaine.edu/soe/faculty-and-staff/breece/ Rosalie Hughes, is an investigative journalist and writer at the Bangor Daily News and a contributor to the Maine Focus series. bangordailynews.com/staff/bdn-maine/content/rosalie-hughes/ Beth Stickney, Executive Director of the Maine Business Immigration Coalition mainebic.org/about/ To learn more about this topic: The State of American Jobs, Pew Research Center Did China Eat America’s Jobs, Freakonomics, January 25, 2017 Visualizing the Jobs Lost to Automation An Overview of the Maine Economy: Per Capita Personal Income 2014, James Breece, 2016 Maine Job Outlook to 2024 The all-volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes: Starr Gilmartin Maggie Harling Linda Hoskins Ann Luther Maryann Ogonowski Pam Person Leah Taylor Linda Washburn FMI re League of Women Voters of Maine: www.lwvme.org
