In Sunday’s Lewiston Sun Journal, Social Worker, Kelly West shares her story of balancing work and family and the need for Paid Sick Days legislation in Maine.  West comments that, “Every working mother has this moment or a moment very similar. The moment when you know you should run to your child to comfort him [...]

Thank you Lillian Pease for reminding everyone that Maine is not afraid to lead! “It is your objection, however, that Maine cannot be the first and only state to mandate paid sick days, even though it’s “hard to argue” against supporters of the paid sick days bill. It would discourage business and economic development and we cannot [...]

Your local newpaper is jammed with passionate letters around paid sick days. You’re inundated with so many arguments from every which way, what do you believe? Who do you trust? WHAT ARE THE FACTS? Well, this blog post is for you. Think of this as your toolkit to setting the record straight, these reports and [...]

Watch testimonials from the Maine Small Business Coalition event at Woodman’s Bar and Grill last week: Mark Horton speaks about his experiences as a small business owner who provides paid sick days: April Thibodeau, small business organizer for the Maine Small Business Coalition, speaks about her work with business owners that support sick days.