In: Labor|Maine Women's Agenda|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days
17 Jun 2011Philadelphia just passed paid sick days! Hooray! Last week Connecticut became the first state to pass paid sick days, and yesterday Philadelphia became the fourth city. What a month for workers! Read below for a blog post from family values at work about the vote and the future victories! Anyone who’s been to Philly knows [...]
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|BPA|Equal Pay|Events|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Agenda|Maine Women's Lobby|Maine Women's Policy Center|Paid sick days|Photos|Press Link|safe cosmetics|Sarah Standiford|She Decides
30 Dec 2010What a year! Between a hard fought legislative campaign, a lively election season, an outpouring of grassroots activism, and some exciting visitors, 2010 kept us busy and brought about a whole slew of new experiences and achievements to our work. It was challenging to pick just five moments out of the myriad momentous moments that [...]
In: Maine Women's Agenda|Maine Women's Lobby|She Decides|Women's Leadership
13 Sep 2010It’s September, and you know what that means… The temperature is dropping, and the election season is heating up! So, here’s a little update on your action with the SheDecides campaign. One word: awesome. Candidates have returned dozens of questionnaires. We’re learning how Maine candidates feel about the minimum wage, equal pay, family leave insurance, [...]
In: Equal Pay|Events|Fair Pay|Labor|Laura Harper|Maine Women's Agenda|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|Women's Leadership
26 Aug 2010After nearly a century of struggle, on August 26th, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. In 90 years women voters have made a lot of progress – we’ve seen pioneering women like Shirley Chisholm, Hillary Clinton, and Margaret Chase Smith make bids for the presidency, and we have passed landmark legislation [...]