Jobs and Income ‘Embarrassing and shameful’: Advocates blast Mills’ veto of farmworker rights bill “Continuing the current system of sub-minimum wages for farmworkers means that about one quarter of Maine’s agricultural workers will continue to live in poverty,” said Arthur Phillips, […] Beacon Posted July 20, 2023 Tags Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity, Wages
Jobs and Income MECEP statement on veto of bill to advance farmworker rights Maine Center for Economic Policy is disappointed at Governor Janet Mills’ decision to veto LD 398, “An Act to Make Agricultural Workers and Other Related Workers Employees […] Posted July 19, 2023 Tags Economic Security, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Unions
Jobs and Income Budget committee funds bills to increase paltry legislator pay, implement drug policy reforms While LD 1155 was approved by AFA, a number of workers rights-related reforms failed to receive funding. One such measure was LD 1376, a bill to increase the state’s […] Beacon Posted July 13, 2023 Tags Health Care, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs
Maine’s Economy Wednesday Sit-Down: Maine's housing crisis Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss the housing crisis in Maine. Click here to watch the full video, […] Fox 23 Posted July 12, 2023 Tags Housing, Wednesday Sit Down
Jobs and Income Maine nears making farmworkers eligible for minimum wage “Workers in Maine’s agriculture industry, disproportionately Black, Latino, and Indigenous Mainers, have been subject to exemptions from basic labor laws that make them much more likely to […] Beacon Posted July 10, 2023 Tags Immigration, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity
Education, Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Supreme Court strikes down student loan forgiveness Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss the Supreme Court striking down student loan forgiveness. Click here to watch […] Fox 23 Posted July 5, 2023 Tags Student Debt, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget 5 things that matter to most Mainers in the state budget One of the groups not in favor of the Dirigo Business Incentive is the liberal Maine Center for Economic Policy, which argued it will primarily benefit large businesses and […] Bangor Daily News Posted July 3, 2023 Tags Revenue, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Wednesday Sit-Down: Last-minute budget deal Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss the last-minute budget deal in Maine. Click here to watch the full video, […] Fox 23 Posted June 28, 2023 Tags Budget, Wednesday Sit Down
Taxes and Budget MECEP statement on bipartisan budget deal MECEP applauds the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee’s inclusion of many life-changing policies in the proposed budget, but cautions lawmakers about the authorization of an untested new […] Posted June 28, 2023 Tags Budget
Health Care Statement from the All Means All Campaign on LD 199 AUGUSTA – Organizations supporting the All Means All campaign to allow all income-qualified Mainers to access MaineCare, regardless of age or immigration status, issued the following statement […] Posted June 28, 2023 Tags Health Care, Immigration, Inequality