Maine lawmakers have signed off on worker protections — now they must fund their implementation

Through 2023 and 2024, the Maine legislature passed seven bills to improve Mainers’ rights at work — but these bills won’t become law unless the Appropriations and […]

James Myall

Posted April 12, 2024

Tags Budget, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Effort continues to ensure state minimum wage for ME farmworkers

About one-quarter of Maine farmworkers live in poverty, and they are roughly 4.5 times as likely to live below the poverty line as other workers in the […]

Public News Service

Posted March 27, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Minimum wage for Maine farm workers

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Arthur Phillips, policy analyst from the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about the minimum wage […]

WGME

Posted March 27, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Maine lawmakers could still raise the minimum wage to $15

James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), asked members of the AFA and Labor and Housing committees to think of the […]

Beacon

Posted March 6, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

How public policy has and hasn’t increased equity for Black Mainers

Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which Maine has seen recent progress on reducing inequalities that impact Black Mainers. Data shows […]

James Myall

Posted February 27, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Employment, Immigration, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Racial Equity, Unemployment, Wages

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Minimum wage in Maine

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to talk about minimum wage in Maine. […]

WGME

Posted January 3, 2024

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

How the new minimum wage in Maine is affecting businesses differently

The expense of life in Maine’s largest city is surprising to Rubin and her husband, who moved to the Pine Tree State from San Francisco, notoriously one […]

NewsCenter Maine

Posted January 2, 2024

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine’s minimum wage gets a lift – and so does Portland’s

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, there were about 68,000 hourly workers in the state earning less than $14.15 and an additional 59,000 employees earning […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 1, 2024

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine's minimum wage increase to $14.15 takes effect January 1, benefiting thousands

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, 68,000 Mainers are making at or below the new state minimum, and a January raise is a lot to look […]

WGME

Posted December 26, 2023

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine farmworkers deserve equal rights

A study by the Maine Center for Economic Policy found that “a quarter of farmworkers in the state — many of whom are migrant laborers — live in poverty and […]

Bangor Daily News

Posted December 25, 2023

Tags Minimum Wage, Poverty, Wages

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Maine lawmakers have signed off on worker protections — now they must fund their implementation

Effort continues to ensure state minimum wage for ME farmworkers

Wednesday Sit-Down: Minimum wage for Maine farm workers

Maine lawmakers could still raise the minimum wage to $15

How public policy has and hasn’t increased equity for Black Mainers

Wednesday Sit-Down: Minimum wage in Maine

How the new minimum wage in Maine is affecting businesses differently

Maine’s minimum wage gets a lift – and so does Portland’s

Maine's minimum wage increase to $14.15 takes effect January 1, benefiting thousands

Maine farmworkers deserve equal rights