Jobs and Budget Cuts Top New England Service Providers’ Concerns

A recent survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston confirms that limited job opportunities and federal, state, and local budget cuts pose significant problems for low […]

Garrett Martin

Posted January 12, 2012

Tags Budget, Health Care, Incomes, Jobs, Tax Fairness, Taxes

Maine’s Economy

Why Do We Fight for Social Justice? From Maine Street to Wall Street

On October 11 a standing room only crowd filled the Shepard Lee Lecture Hall at the University of Southern Maine for the latest in MECEP’s Shepard Lee […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted October 14, 2011

Tags Incomes, Inequality, Poverty, Tax Fairness

Jobs and Income

Fact Sheet: Making Work Pay: Maine's Minimum Wage

MECEP’s analysis shows that Maine workers, Maine businesses and Maine’s economy all benefit from a minimum wage that keeps pace with the cost of living. Making Work […]

MECEP

Posted March 11, 2011

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Testimony on L.D. 447 and L.D. 457, Proposals Regarding Maine's Minimum Wage

MECEP supports passage of both of these bills because it is critically important for policymakers to implement policies that preserve economic security and opportunities for Maine workers, […]

MECEP

Posted March 11, 2011

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Who in Maine Deserves a Raise?

In this season of hope, peace and goodwill to all, a Bangor Daily News editorial today (“Maine’s Low Wages”, 12/22/2010) comments on Governor-elect LePage’s recent lament that […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted December 22, 2010

Tags Incomes

Jobs and Income

When Hard Work Isn't Enough - Fostering Opportunity for Maine's Working Families

In 2008, nearly ten thousand working families in Maine lived under the federal poverty line, and nearly 38,000 working families struggled under the “low-income” threshold or the 200% […]

Jody Harris

Posted December 13, 2010

Tags Economy, Incomes, Jobs, Poverty

Jobs and Income

Minimum Logic

Read about the latest proposals to change the minimum wage in Maine.

Garrett Martin

Posted February 23, 2010

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

MECEP Analysis - Minimum Wage History in Maine versus Indexing

View a chart depicting the history of the minimum wage in Maine and what would have happened historically if the state’s minimum wage had been indexed to […]

MECEP

Posted February 23, 2010

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Testimony on LD 192 - An Act to Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation

This bill will put more money in the pockets of working Mainers and, by doing so, ultimately supports greater economic activity and prosperity for all. Maine workers […]

MECEP

Posted February 18, 2010

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Post-Labor Day Blues for Working Mainers: Modest Economic and Income Growth in Maine Jeopardized by Cost Increases

Augusta – The Maine Center for Economic Policy released its annual Labor Day report outlining the current status of working Mainers and the state economy. Using 2007 […]

Posted September 3, 2008

Tags Economy, Incomes, Jobs

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Jobs and Budget Cuts Top New England Service Providers’ Concerns

Why Do We Fight for Social Justice? From Maine Street to Wall Street

Fact Sheet: Making Work Pay: Maine's Minimum Wage

Testimony on L.D. 447 and L.D. 457, Proposals Regarding Maine's Minimum Wage

Who in Maine Deserves a Raise?

When Hard Work Isn't Enough - Fostering Opportunity for Maine's Working Families

Minimum Logic

MECEP Analysis - Minimum Wage History in Maine versus Indexing

Testimony on LD 192 - An Act to Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation

Post-Labor Day Blues for Working Mainers: Modest Economic and Income Growth in Maine Jeopardized by Cost Increases