Jobs and Income ANALYSIS: Portland 2022 Minimum Wage Initiative Analysis of the likely impacts of an initiative proposed by Maine DSA to increase the minimum wage in Portland to $18 an hour by 2025; to phase […] MECEP Posted August 23, 2022 Tags Economy, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy REPORT: State of Working Maine 2021 Download the PDF version FULL REPORT SUMMARY Introduction The experiences of frontline workers during the pandemic offer lessons beyond the public health threat. They point to a […] James Myall Posted November 3, 2021
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy REPORT: State of Working Maine 2020 Download the PDF version Download Introduction: Race Equity Means A Stronger, Fairer Economy for All Mainers Race equity means: A stronger, fairer economy Better job opportunities Realizing […] James Myall Posted November 9, 2020 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Education, Higher Education, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Racial Equity, Wages
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy REPORT: Cuts to Pandemic Unemployment Compensation would harm 182,000 Mainers The COVID-19 relief plan released by US Senate Republicans on July 27 would slash Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) by $400 per week, affecting approximately 182,000 Mainers […] James Myall Posted July 28, 2020 Tags Coronavirus, Incomes, Unemployment
Health Care, Jobs and Income Policy Brief: Paid family and medical leave proposal would provide fair benefits to nearly all Mainers Summary: Nearly every Mainer will at some point face extraordinary circumstances that necessitate extended leave from work. Whether it’s a joyous occasion such as the birth of […] James Myall Posted April 19, 2019 Tags Family and Medical Leave
Jobs and Income GOP amendment would undermine benefits of earned paid sick days Maine's workers and economy A proposal to expand access to earn paid sick days would be watered down significantly if Republican lawmakers get their way. The original plan, LD 369, presented […] James Myall Posted March 12, 2019 Tags Job Quality, Paid Sick Days
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy State of Working Maine 2018 Contents Editor’s note: State of Working Maine 2018 contains extensive endnotes and citations not reflected in this online version of the report. To see the complete report […] James Myall Posted November 19, 2018 Tags Economic Security, Economy, Education, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages
Jobs and Income MECEP Policy Brief: Minimum wage increase brought higher wages, reduced child poverty in 2017 Summary: Maine’s voter-approved minimum wage increase in 2017 led to the fastest wage increase in a decade for low-income Mainers and helped lift 10,000 Maine children out […] James Myall Posted September 24, 2018 Tags Children, Economic Security, Minimum Wage
Jobs and Income SNAP turns 40: Providing sustenance for working poor families Friday, September 29 marks the 40th anniversary of the 1977 Food Stamp Act, the landmark law that established the nation’s modern anti-hunger program—as it’s now known, the […] Jody Harris Posted September 29, 2017 Tags Food Insecurity, SNAP
Jobs and Income Out of work, out of hope – This is what a depressed economy looks like Tens of thousands of Mainers disheartened by the dim prospects of good paying, middle-class jobs have given up looking for work. Some are discouraged to the point […] James Myall Posted September 21, 2017 Tags Economic Security, Jobs