Jobs and Income States Spend Billions on Economic Development Subsidies that Don’t Require Job Creation or Decent Wages Maine Programs Gets Erratic Scores, State Ranks 21st December 14, 2011–States are spending billions of dollars per year on corporate tax credits, cash grants and other economic […] Posted December 14, 2011 Tags Budget, Economy, Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Fact Sheet: Making Work Pay: Maine's Minimum Wage MECEP’s analysis shows that Maine workers, Maine businesses and Maine’s economy all benefit from a minimum wage that keeps pace with the cost of living. Making Work […] MECEP Posted March 11, 2011 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage
Jobs and Income Testimony on L.D. 447 and L.D. 457, Proposals Regarding Maine's Minimum Wage MECEP supports passage of both of these bills because it is critically important for policymakers to implement policies that preserve economic security and opportunities for Maine workers, […] MECEP Posted March 11, 2011 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage
Jobs and Income Testimony on L.D. 516, “An Act To Amend Maine Law To Conform with Federal Law Regarding Employment Practices for Certain Minors” MECEP has reservations about L.D. 516 because we believe it effectively eliminates reasonable, long-standing protections that ensure our teenage workers strike a proper balance between education and […] MECEP Posted March 9, 2011 Tags Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Testimony Regarding L.D. 1: An Act to Ensure Regulatory Fairness and Reform According to its summary, LD 1 “proposes to amend the laws to improve the business climate in the State and encourage job creation and retention and expand […] MECEP Posted February 15, 2011 Tags Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Minimum Logic Read about the latest proposals to change the minimum wage in Maine. Garrett Martin Posted February 23, 2010 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage
Jobs and Income MECEP Analysis - Minimum Wage History in Maine versus Indexing View a chart depicting the history of the minimum wage in Maine and what would have happened historically if the state’s minimum wage had been indexed to […] MECEP Posted February 23, 2010 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage
Jobs and Income Testimony on LD 192 - An Act to Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation This bill will put more money in the pockets of working Mainers and, by doing so, ultimately supports greater economic activity and prosperity for all. Maine workers […] MECEP Posted February 18, 2010 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage
Maine’s Economy The State of Working Maine in 2008 2007 was a year of conflicting – and sometimes troubling – trends in the Maine economy. On the upside, the Maine economy grew modestly, as did productivity […] Jody Harris Posted September 3, 2008 Tags Economy, Incomes, Job Quality
Health Care Continued Drop in Employer-based Health Coverage Highlights Importance of Maine’s Public Health Care Coverage Monday October 29th, 2007 The Washington DC-based Economic Policy Institute released today a report called The Erosion of Employment-Based Insurance , by EPI economist Elise Gould , […] Posted October 29, 2007 Tags Health Care, Job Quality