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

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

Jobs and Income

Maine could join growing list of states with a $15 minimum wage — unless Mills objects

Some economists have argued that raising the state’s current minimum wage of $13.80 to $15 would create a meaningful increase to workers’ paychecks and help many working […]

Beacon

Posted June 14, 2023

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Legislature’s Labor Committee votes for $15 minimum wage in 2024

Since 2016, increases to Maine’s minimum wage have contributed to lower child poverty rates, put more money into Mainer’s pockets, and made our economy stronger for everyone. […]

James Myall

Posted May 5, 2023

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

Jobs and Income

Maine, Portland minimum wages jump on Jan. 1

It is unclear how many workers this will affect – many businesses have already raised hourly wages for many positions to try to compete in a labor […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 2, 2023

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine’s minimum wage to hit $13.80 on Jan. 1

Raising the minimum wage also helps other workers because employers are likely to bump up the pay of other hourly employees to keep up, said James Myall, […]

Spectrum News

Posted December 29, 2022

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine's minimum wage to increase in new year

The wage adjustments will boost pay for up to 147,000 working Mainers, while nearly 76,000 workers who earn just over the new minimum wage level will see their wages […]

The Center Square

Posted December 14, 2022

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Midterms Voters Turned Out for Progressive Economic Solutions

Portland, Maine: Voters rejected Question D, which would have raised the overall minimum wage to $18 by 2025 and eliminated the subminimum wage for tipped work. The measure would […]

Common Dreams

Posted November 18, 2022

Tags Economic Security, Incomes, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Portland voters weigh five citizen initiative questions at the polls

Perhaps the most hotly debated proposal from the DSA, Question D would raise the minimum wage in Portland from its current figure and incremental track — $13 […]

Portland Phoenix

Posted October 19, 2022

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Report: Portland anti-minimum wage campaign fueled by national corporate interests

Research from the Maine Center for Economic Policy shows that workers do indeed stand to benefit if Question D passes. In July, MECEP estimated that the initiative would raise […]

Beacon

Posted October 13, 2022

Tags Minimum Wage

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MECEP statement on veto of bill to advance farmworker rights

Maine nears making farmworkers eligible for minimum wage

Maine could join growing list of states with a $15 minimum wage — unless Mills objects

Legislature’s Labor Committee votes for $15 minimum wage in 2024

Maine, Portland minimum wages jump on Jan. 1

Maine’s minimum wage to hit $13.80 on Jan. 1

Maine's minimum wage to increase in new year

Midterms Voters Turned Out for Progressive Economic Solutions

Portland voters weigh five citizen initiative questions at the polls

Report: Portland anti-minimum wage campaign fueled by national corporate interests