Jobs and Income

Progress for Maine Workers in the first part of the 130th Legislature

After a particularly difficult year for Maine workers — during which many people labored under intense pressure and the looming threat of the COVID-19 pandemic — the […]

James Myall

Posted September 1, 2021

Tags Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Overtime, Paid Sick Days, Wages

Jobs and Income

Nearly 86,000 Mainers at risk of losing unemployment benefits in less than a month

Unless Congress acts quickly, the expiration of temporary federal expansions to the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system will push almost 86,000 Mainers off an economic cliff in early […]

James Myall

Posted August 4, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Economic Security, Federal, Unemployment, Wages

Jobs and Income

Governor Mills has chance to transform protections for Maine workers

On Wednesday, the Maine legislature passed LD 1711, “An Act To Enhance Enforcement of Employment Laws.” Now heading to the Governor’s desk for her signature, the bill would allow private […]

James Myall

Posted July 8, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Federal, Inequality, Job Quality, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine’s Worker shortage has deep roots

As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes in Maine, business-owners have begun to raise a new economic concern as they report difficulty hiring workers to fill vacancies. These concerns […]

James Myall

Posted June 10, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs, Unemployment

Jobs and Income

Lawmakers must reject plan to give corporations free pass to put workers and customer at risk

The Legislature today is considering a bill — LD 1403, “An Act to Protect Maine Businesses, Nonprofits, Educational Institutions and Municipalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic” — that […]

James Myall

Posted May 13, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Bill to update definition of “tipped worker” would prevent low-wage trap for service workers

Public laws regarding tipped workers are designed to ensure that workers who receive a substantial portion of their income through tips are given the same worker protections […]

James Myall

Posted May 4, 2021

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Health Care

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Our mouths are part of our bodies, so dental care is heath care. But a limited view of what counts as health care is leaving Mainers with […]

James Myall

Posted April 26, 2021

Tags Economic Security, Health Care, Inequality, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty

Jobs and Income

Anti-retaliation law would guarantee real rights for Maine workers

State labor laws are critical to ensuring basic rights and dignity at the workplace. From the minimum wage to paid time off, accommodations for working mothers to laws mandating breaks […]

James Myall

Posted April 23, 2021

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Sick Days

Health Care

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

All Mainers — no matter where they come from or what they look like — deserve access to affordable health care. MaineCare offers affordable health care coverage […]

James Myall

Posted April 16, 2021

Tags Coronavirus, Health Care, Inequality, Racial Equity

Maine’s Economy

To advance racial equity, Maine’s Permanent Commission needs permanent resources

Note: James Myall is a member of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations All Mainers — regardless of race, ethnicity, […]

James Myall

Posted April 14, 2021

Tags Inequality, Racial Equity

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Progress for Maine Workers in the first part of the 130th Legislature

Nearly 86,000 Mainers at risk of losing unemployment benefits in less than a month

Governor Mills has chance to transform protections for Maine workers

Maine’s Worker shortage has deep roots

Lawmakers must reject plan to give corporations free pass to put workers and customer at risk

Bill to update definition of “tipped worker” would prevent low-wage trap for service workers

Dental care is health care. MaineCare should cover it.

Anti-retaliation law would guarantee real rights for Maine workers

Maine has a chance to correct injustice by expanding health care to New Mainers with low incomes

To advance racial equity, Maine’s Permanent Commission needs permanent resources