Jobs and Income

Legislature sustains Mills’ veto of farmworker minimum wage bill

Several of the bill’s supporters, including the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, highlighted that this was Mills’ second veto of legislation […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted July 25, 2023

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Racial Equity

Jobs and Income

Janet Mills vetoes bill to cover farmworkers under Maine’s minimum wage

The Maine AFL-CIO, a coalition of labor unions, said the veto “carries on the historical stain and stench of exploitation and racial exclusion.” The liberal Maine Center […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted July 20, 2023

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Taxes and Budget

Workers made big gains this session, but some important policies were deferred

“I think paid family leave is definitely one of the biggest wins for workers and it will make a huge difference for many people,” said James Myall, […]

Beacon

Posted July 20, 2023

Tags Budget, Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Family and Medical Leave

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

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Legislature sustains Mills’ veto of farmworker minimum wage bill

Janet Mills vetoes bill to cover farmworkers under Maine’s minimum wage

Workers made big gains this session, but some important policies were deferred

‘Embarrassing and shameful’: Advocates blast Mills’ veto of farmworker rights bill

MECEP statement on veto of bill to advance farmworker rights

Budget committee funds bills to increase paltry legislator pay, implement drug policy reforms

Wednesday Sit-Down: Maine's housing crisis

Maine nears making farmworkers eligible for minimum wage

Wednesday Sit-Down: Supreme Court strikes down student loan forgiveness

5 things that matter to most Mainers in the state budget