Advocates urge lawmakers to offer pay raises to direct care workers

“Keeping wages and benefits flat will only exacerbate the shortage, strain our hospitals and long-term care facilities, and further endanger public health,” he said during a press conference organized by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a left-leaning policy group. “I appreciate the bipartisan support I have had from my legislative colleagues on this issue, including from Rep. Poirier, who knows first-hand the challenges that workers are facing.”

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