Jobs and Income

Testimony at Hearing on LD 611: An Act to Adjust Maine's Minimum Wage Annually Based on Cost-of-living Changes

Increasing the minimum wage by a dollar and indexing it to inflation will reward hard-working Mainers and help pull Maine’s economy out of the doldrums after the […]

MECEP

Posted March 14, 2013

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage

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

MECEP Supports Bills to Raise Maine’s Minimum Wage and Index It to Inflation

Proposed legislation will “preserve economic security and opportunities for Maine workers” Augusta, Maine (Friday, March 11, 2011)—The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) today urged the […]

Posted March 11, 2011

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

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

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Testimony at Hearing on LD 611: An Act to Adjust Maine's Minimum Wage Annually Based on Cost-of-living Changes

Fact Sheet: Making Work Pay: Maine's Minimum Wage

Testimony on L.D. 447 and L.D. 457, Proposals Regarding Maine's Minimum Wage

MECEP Supports Bills to Raise Maine’s Minimum Wage and Index It to Inflation

Minimum Logic

MECEP Analysis - Minimum Wage History in Maine versus Indexing

Testimony on LD 192 - An Act to Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation