Archive for the ‘Helpful Links’ Category

Your voting rights are under attack! Right now, the Maine Legislature is considering LD 1376, “An Act To Preserve the Integrity of the Voter Registration and Election Process.” Integrity? Don’t be fooled by the misleading title of this bill. LD 1376 does nothing but limit Maine voters’ access to their fundamental right to vote. LD [...]

  • Comments Off

Last week, the legislature voted to pass an amended version of L.D. 516 – increasing the number of hours a teen can work during the school week. The amended bill represents a very significant improvement over the initial bill that, as written, would have removed all hourly protections for teen workers, but – to be [...]

CBS News published a great piece on the lack of paid parent leave in the United States, as compared to other countries: Americans often take pride in ways their nation differs from others. But one distinction — lack of a nationwide policy of paid maternity leave — is cited in a new report as an [...]

  • Comments Off

Do you want to? I found this section of the Wellstone Action! website to be very helpful. It has step-by-step guide to being a citizen lobbyist. We also have posted our guides to citizen lobbying on our website. Wellstone Action is a national center for training and leadership development in the progressive movement.  Founded in [...]


Photostream...

    2011 TANF press conf 0172011 TANF press conf 0182011 TANF press conf 0152011 TANF press conf 0142011 TANF press conf 0132011 TANF press conf 011
  • Stacie Battles: Lets get this passed once and for all. Everyone deserves the same right to enter in a marital/legal [...]
  • Terry Donald: Lets all get together and work as hard as we can to get this passed. As I was told over and over aga [...]
  • Liz Betit: We have known for decades of the harmful affects of mercury and lead not only to humans but also to [...]
  • Lorraine Taft: Do not weaken our progress toward a safer environment. The Product Stewardship programs need to be k [...]
  • Phyllis vonHerrlich: Do not abandon the protective programs we have today. Many businesses have shown for decades that t [...]