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2010 Wrap Up: Top Five Momentous Moments of 2010
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 [...]
Sarah’s trip to D.C.
1 Dec 2010Last week, our Executive Director, Sarah Standiford, went to Washington to meet with members of the Obama Administration to talk about family-friendly workplace policies.
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Yesterday we attended the New England Work/Family Policy Summit in Portsmouth. The day included a number of panel discussions, many good ideas, shared struggles, and lots of strategizing. Several business representatives from companies in our own region were present to talk about the way in which their companies embody family friendly workplaces, focusing on issues [...]
Katie Couric took a stand for paid sick days on the CBS nightly news on Friday. Citing a recent report from Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, Couric noted that 2/3 of restaurant workers have prepared or served food while ill. Her comments were part of the “Katie Couric’s Notebook” segment of the show. Business owners and policy [...]
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Happy Work and Family Month!
In: Paid sick days
26 Oct 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2010 Statement by the President on National Work and Family Month “National Work and Family Month serves as a reminder to all of us, especially working caregivers, their families, and their employers, that while we have made great strides as a nation to adopt more flexible policies in the workplace, [...]
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- Tags: Obama, work-family
Sarah Debates Paycheck Fairness
In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Maine Women's Policy Center|Paid sick days|Women's Leadership
21 Oct 2010Did you hear? Our Executive Director, Sarah Standiford, debated well-known critic of feminism, Christina Hoff Sommers at the Maine School of Law earlier this week. The resolution? The Paycheck Fairness Act. The conclusion? Sarah knocked it out of the house for Paycheck Fairness! Despite Ms. Sommers’ declaration the the legislation is, a “mean spirited little [...]
Cheers to 90 years!
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 [...]
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Mark Horton of Woodman’s Bar and Grill shares his story about why he provides paid sick days to all of his employees on the national “Working Families Story Bank.” Mark says that providing Paid Sick days, has “been great for employee well being and great for employee retention.” Does this leave you inspired to share [...]
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The legislative session is over in Maine. It came to a close in April, and while the session came to a close during one of the warmest springs on record, unfortunately lawmakers legislature left workers out in the cold. That’s because they once again failed to pass L.D. 1665, a bill that would have provided [...]
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- Tags: Election 2010, grassroots, mom's rising
Paid Leave Around the World
In: Labor|Paid sick days
25 Jun 2010The International Labour Organization has just come out with a study on paid sick leaves that finds it is “not only affordable, but pays off in terms of health and economic gains for employers, workers, and the economy at large.” Beneftis vary, but overall 145 countries provide some form of paid sick leave. Unfortunately, paid [...]
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