Care workers gather at Maine State House to join call for wage increases

Portland Press Herald

The Maine Center for Economic Policy, a progressive think tank, has estimated that 23,500 hours per week of home care for older adults went unserved in 2024 because of the workforce shortage.

Arthur Phillips, economic policy analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said that “we need to stop balancing budgets on the backs of our most essential, and undervalued, voters.”

Click here to read the full story, first published June 5, 2025 in Portland Press Herald.