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Referendum Launched to Raise Maine's Minimum Wage

Submitted by andrew.francis on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 11:55






Six Mainers of diverse backgrounds from all over the state each took their turn signing an application in Augusta today to begin gathering signatures for a citizen-initiated referendum to raise the minimum wage. The referendum, intended for the 2016 ballot, would see the minimum wage in Maine raised from $7.50 an hour to $9 an hour in 2017 and then by a dollar a year until 2020, when it would reach $12 an hour and then be indexed to the cost of living in future years.
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Portlanders to City Council: No More Delays, Raise the Wage!

Submitted by andrew.francis on Wed, 03/11/2015 - 14:26





Portland residents, low-wage workers and small business owners delivered stacks of postcard messages to City Council members today urging them to adopt the Mayor’s proposed ordinance to raise the minimum wage.
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Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Increase Minimum Wage

Submitted by andrew.francis on Wed, 03/04/2015 - 16:02





Members of the Maine People's Alliance hosted a press conference today to release the latest figures on the "job gap" - the divide between what Maine workers need to earn to afford basic necessities and what available jobs in Maine actually pay - and joined State Representative Gina Melaragno of Auburn as she unveiled her bill to increase the minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020.
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Living Wage Report Shows Maine Families Struggling To Make Ends Meet

Submitted by andrew.francis on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 00:00

Read the report: http://goo.gl/TmHPfn

The Maine People's Alliance hosted a press conference at Lamey Wellehan Shoes in Auburn today to release the latest in a series of reports authored by the national Alliance for a Just Society on the job gap – the divide between what Maine workers need to earn to afford basic necessities and what available jobs in Maine actually pay.

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Will Maine Increase the Minimum Wage?

Submitted by andrew.francis on Wed, 08/06/2014 - 10:34

In Maine, as in many places in the nation, it is becoming increasingly difficult for workers to find jobs that pay enough to make ends meet. Nearly one in five jobs in Maine don’t pay enough to lift a family of four above the poverty line, much less meet their basic needs.

 

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