Archive for March, 2010
Some of us in a photo with Lilly after her inspiring speech! Stay tuned for more on Lilly’s visit later this week.
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- Tags: Equal Pay, Paycheck fairness
You may remember that in 2007, Maine acted to restrict the toxic brominated flame retardant DECA in consumer products used in the home. The Maine Legislature acted because studies had repeatedly shown that DECA was building up in our bodies and in wildlife and causing harm, AND because there were good, safer alternatives that provided [...]
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Over…for now.
In: Paid sick days
30 Mar 2010L.D. 1665, a bill that would have provided paid sick days for Maine workers, is over. Done. Deadsville… For now. While this is a time of extreme disappointment for those who care about basic workplace protections for everyone, it is also a time of rare opportunity. Yes, opportunity. When legislators leave the State House this [...]
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- Tags: L.D. 1665, Paid sick days
Get toxic chemicals out of my shampoo!
26 Mar 2010One third of personal care products contain at least one chemical linked to cancer. These products also include chemicals that are linked to birth defects and reproductive health problems. It is time we take action to regulate the cosmetics industry! Some of the scariest chemicals: Lead Acetate, Phthalates and Synthetic Musk. In light of the [...]
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- Tags: Department of Environmental Protection, safe cosmetics, Shampoo, toxic chemicals
Save the Date – Cosmetics on Trial: The Verdict IS IN!
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|safe cosmetics|Women's Leadership
25 Mar 2010Save the Date! Cosmetics on Trial – The Verdict Is In Come join a campaigning group of young women as they discuss the need for chemical policy reform in the cosmetic industry and the results of their testing of twelve personal care products. One month ago these young women shipped off some of their favorite [...]
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- Tags: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine, Maine, Maine Women's Policy Center, safe cosmetics, State House
Girls' Day Video
25 Mar 2010Hear what the 100 girls that participated in Girls’ day this year had to say!
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- Tags: Augusta, Girls' Day, Maine State House
Statement of Sarah Standiford, Executive Director: “Despite clear benefits to Maine people and businesses, today the Labor Committee rejected a bill to establish the critical protection of paid sick days for Maine people. In a major blow to Maine workers and their families, today, the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Labor voted Majority Ought Not [...]
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- Tags: L.D. 1665, Labor Committee, Maine State House, Paid sick days
Last week we held our 14th Annual Girls’ Day at the State House, and what a day it was! I have to say that my personal favorite moment was when the girls filled the house chamber to debate and vote on a bill while Speaker of the House, Hannah Pingree, ran the debate. I learned [...]
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- Tags: Girls' Day, Hannah Pingree, Maine State House
Status of L.D. 1665
In: Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|Senate President Libby Mitchell
22 Mar 2010By now you may have heard the news: the Maine Legislature will not take up a bill to provide paid sick days for Maine workers. Without support from some members of the labor committee the sponsor, Libby Mitchell, committed to making sure this committee doesn’t leave Maine people with nothing, proposed an amendment where workers [...]
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- Tags: L.D. 1665, Labor, Paid sick days, working families
Ever had a day where you had so much going on you weren’t sure how you would ever get it all done in the limited hours of day light? Well, let’s just say that tomorrow is one of those days for our team over here at the Maine Women’s Lobby and Policy Center. Oh, but what [...]
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