Jobs and Income

Maine strikes contract agreement with some state employees amid rising labor unrest nationwide

Across the state, the number of unionized workers has been decreasing. In 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 9.2 percent of Maine workers were […]

WGME

Posted September 20, 2023

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Unions

Health Care

Wednesday Sit-Down: High prescription drug prices

Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss high prescription drug prices. Click here to watch the full video, first […]

Fox 23

Posted September 20, 2023

Tags Health Care, Prescription Drugs, Wednesday Sit Down

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

Jobs and Income

DeLauro, Warren Reintroduce Schedules That Work Act

The Schedules That Work Act is endorsed bv 9to5, A Better Balance, Action for Children, AFL-CIO, African American Health Alliance, All-Options, American Association of University Women, American […]

Posted September 19, 2023

Tags Fair Scheduling, Job Quality, Jobs

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

Jobs and Income

Union organizing is way up — but it’s not rising as fast as non-union job creation

A new report by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) about the state of labor organizing in Maine and around the country argues that both state and federal […]

Beacon

Posted September 18, 2023

Tags Unions

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it

“Research has shown that the child tax credit, every dollar we spend on it, generates an estimated $8 in benefits to society in the form of better […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted September 15, 2023

Tags Children, Poverty

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: Child poverty

Garrett Martin from the Maine Center for Economic Policy sat down with CBS13 to discuss child poverty. Click here to watch the full video, first posted Wednesday, […]

Fox 23

Posted September 13, 2023

Tags Children, Poverty, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Maine employers step up to relieve child care pressures on working parents

“For those big employers who have the resources to keep high standards for workers to help people afford the cost of child care, that’s a positive thing. […]

Sun Journal

Posted September 10, 2023

Tags Child Care

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Hot labor summer

A summer of labor unrest from Hollywood to UPS rail workers to coffee shops. some are calling it the “Hot Labor Summer.” Chris Smalls, the founder of […]

Fox 23

Posted September 6, 2023

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Unions, Wednesday Sit Down

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Maine strikes contract agreement with some state employees amid rising labor unrest nationwide

Wednesday Sit-Down: High prescription drug prices

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

DeLauro, Warren Reintroduce Schedules That Work Act

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

Union organizing is way up — but it’s not rising as fast as non-union job creation

Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it

Wednesday Sit-Down: Child poverty

Maine employers step up to relieve child care pressures on working parents

Wednesday Sit-Down: Hot labor summer