Archive for February, 2010
The ugly truth about personal care product safety
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine| Reproductive Health| safe cosmetics
26 Feb 2010You wake up in the morning and half-asleep begin your day, you turn on the shower and go through the motions- applying shampoo, conditioner, soap, face wash, shaving cream, once you get out of the shower you continue applying personal care products with toothpaste, lotion, make-up, sun-screen, mouth wash, and whatever other products are part of your [...]
News release: Lack of Paid Sick Days Allowed H1N1 to Spread in the Workplace
In: H1N1 Flu| Paid sick days
25 Feb 2010A new Briefing Paper entitled “Sick at Work: Infected Employees in the Workplace During the H1N1 Pandemic”, released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, finds that while almost 26 million employed Americans age 18 and over may have been infected with the H1N1 flu in 2009, nearly 8 million employees took no time off [...]
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- Tags: David Miller, H1N1, IWPR, Paid sick days
last week our lobbyist, Laura Harper, testified in support of LD 192, “An Act To Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation.”
This legislation would adjust Maine’s minimum wage based on changes in the federal Consumer Price Index for the Northeast. With passage, this would put Maine among the 10 other states that also index their [...]
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Cosmetics on Trial in Waterville Maine
22 Feb 2010Waterville – On Sunday, a group of young women, organized by the Maine Women’s Lobby and Policy Center, gathered outside of the Waterville Post Office to ship off their personal care products for testing at an environmental health lab.
The young women have come together because of a shared concern around the safety of their everyday [...]
Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine Lobby Day!
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine| BPA| Women's Leadership
18 Feb 2010 This Tuesday- February 23, 2010 from 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Help the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine protect children, workers, and neighbors from toxic chemicals.
Get the toxic Deca flame retardant out of plastic shipping pallets to keep it out of our food supply.
Keep toxic products out of landfills and incinerators.
Protect workers [...]
Are you familiar with the Coalition for Maine Women?
The Coalition for Maine Women (formerly the Women’s Leadership Action Coalition) is working together to enact policies that benefit Maine women and girls. The Coalition is comprised of more than 30 groups that serve more than 40,000 women and girls! The group exists to ensure the the [...]
Paid Sick Days: Part of a National Movement
16 Feb 2010As Senate President Libby Mitchell is quoted in the recent SeaCoastOnline piece: Maine Sick Days Bill Faces Battle, “The Maine Chamber of Commerce came out with their guns blazing…But you know, the issue is not going to go away.”
And that is a point we are seeing again and again in this campaign to pass paid [...]
Toxic Flame Retardant Chemical Banned in Plastic Shipping Pallets: First-in-Nation Maine Law Requires Safer Alternatives to DecaBDE
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine| Congresswoman Pingree| Hannah Pingree| Maine State House| Reproductive Health
12 Feb 2010“Augusta, Maine – Late today, the Natural Resources Committee of the Maine Legislature voted unanimously to end the rapidly growing use of the toxic flame retardant chemical known as DecaBDE (or Deca) in plastic pallets used to ship food products and other goods to retail outlets everywhere. Under the legislation sponsored by Maine Speaker [...]
Coalition for Maine Women Day at the State House
11 Feb 2010Today dozens of women showed up at the State House for the Coalition for Maine Women Day. The morning began with networking, speeches and workshops and ended with our citizen lobbyists taking their new skills to the floor and lobbying their Senators and Representatives on: The budget, paid sick days, and Deca.
“ ‘An Act to [...]
Resturant Workers Need Paid Sick Days
10 Feb 2010February 9th, 2010- The The Restaurant Opportunity Center of Maine held a panel discussion on the findings of their new report: Behind the Kitchen Door: Low Road Jobs, High Road Opportunities in Maine’s Growing Restaurant Industry. Sarah was a panelist along with Professor David Wagner of USM, Blanca Santiago of El Centro Latino Maine, [...]
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- Elizabeth Johns: I caught a little of the debate on the internet. Sorry I couldn't attend in person and help show sup [...]
- Connie Lewis: BRAVO for this effort re toxins in personal care products (PCPs)! I'm wondering whether you're [...]
- Linda Cleary: These young women are incredible! The best of luck to them. This is an important project and it's so [...]
- Jason Sabo: Visit SafePhaseOut.org to support the national phase out of deca-bde, not just in Maine! [...]
- Elizabeth Johns: What an outstanding job Sarah Standiford did today (Feb. 4) on Maine Public Television's Watch progr [...]
- On the edge of our seats over here…
- Tell the Governor to Support Paid Sick Days!
- Back from Caucus…
- “I haven’t had a door slammed in my face yet”
- “I’m about as pro-labor as you can get”
- Rep Butterfield brings the room back to the point of the debate
- Providing paid sick days would not be hard for business owners to keep track of
- Representative Cushing Questions about Calendar Days
- Superhero Lobbyist Laura Harper Answers Questions…
- who would be covered by L.D. 1665
