Maine Morning Star

Analysis: 127,000 Maine workers will get a raise when minimum wage increases in 2024

A significant number of Mainers will see their pay rise when the state’s minimum wage increases to $14.15 an hour on Jan. 1, according to a recent analysis by […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted October 2, 2023

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Amazon union leader Chris Smalls brings lessons from labor fights to Maine

At a forum Wednesday night at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Smalls, a former Amazon worker who now serves as the president of the ALU, […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 21, 2023

Tags Unions

Jobs and Income

After years-long effort, farmworkers in Maine may soon gain minimum wage protections

The lesser bundle of rights granted to farmworkers has indeed had a significant impact on their lives, research shows. A study by the Maine Center for Economic Policy […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 20, 2023

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Amid rise in child poverty rates, Maine child tax credit expected to buoy 3,500 youth

Those percentages come from what’s called a “supplemental poverty measure,” which accounts for government benefits, post-tax income and costs of running a family such as commuting, child […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted September 19, 2023

Tags Child Tax Credit, Children, Poverty, Taxes

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Analysis: 127,000 Maine workers will get a raise when minimum wage increases in 2024

Amazon union leader Chris Smalls brings lessons from labor fights to Maine

After years-long effort, farmworkers in Maine may soon gain minimum wage protections

Amid rise in child poverty rates, Maine child tax credit expected to buoy 3,500 youth