Frances Perkins Center - Newcastle, Maine since Oct 2011
Executive Director
University of Maine, Augusta Jun 2011 - Dec 2011
Adjunct Faculty
Maine Dept. of Labor May 2003 - Jan 2011
Commissioner
Maine Women's Lobby/Women's Policy Center Jan 1993 - May 2003
Executive Director
Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Center Sep 1987 - Dec 1992
Executive Director
Education:
Northeastern University 2009 - 2010
MS, Leadership
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government 2004
Certificate, Senior Executives in State and Local Government
University of New Hampshire 1985
B.A., History
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This approach will best serve the goals of rewarding hard work with a fair wage while not disrupting innovative direct-care services, Labor Department wage-and-hour administrators David Weil and Laura Fortman said in a joint statement issued Tuesday. We have consistently emphasized the importance
Date: Oct 07, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Chickie's and Pete's must pay $6.8M back to workers
"When employers exploit tipped workers, they not only harm their employees who are working hard to earn a living, but also take advantage of the trust of their customers," Laura Fortman, principal deputy administrator for the Wage and Hour Division, said in a statement.
We think the workers providing this critical work should be receiving the same basic protection and coverage as the vast majority of American workers, said Laura Fortman, deputy administrator of the Labor Departments Wage and Hour Division. Weve seen a lot of turnover in this industry, and we b
Date: Sep 18, 2013
Category: Health
Source: Google
Maine Women Flex Voting Muscle in Key US Senatorial Race
With so much at stake for Maine women and children, Summers' no-show did not sit well with Laura Fortman, executive director of the Frances Perkins Center. Fortman wanted to hear from Summers on economic issues disproportionately affecting women and children, describing his last minute withdrawal as
The face in question bears a striking resemblance to former Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman, who headed the Department of Labor at the time that Judy Taylor of Tremont won the competition to paint the mural. Taylor was paid $60,000 from a federal grant to complete the tribute to Maines labor movemThe speculations are meaningless to the content of the mural and its purpose, as I used so many models and composites of hundreds of individuals who walked into my studio, Taylor wrote. Nobody, and in particular Laura Fortman, asked me to put them in the mural.
Laura Fortman, the former labor commissioner under Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, on Wednesday criticized what she called LePages sweeping action. She said it was especially troubling because it comes so close to the 100th anniversary of a tragic fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that