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 [...]
As Senate President Libby Mitchell is quoted in the recent SeaCoastOnline piece: Maine Sick Days Bill Faces Battle, “The Maine Chamber of Commerce came out with their guns blazing…But you know, the issue is not going to go away.” And that is a point we are seeing again and again in this campaign to pass [...]
In: H1N1 Flu|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|Senate President Libby Mitchell|swine flu
17 Nov 2009Senate President Libby Mitchell: In light of H1N1, Maine Needs Paid Sick Days “…Everyday during flu season, thousands of people go to work sick even though they know they should be staying home. The problem is, if they do the responsible thing and stay home, they lose a day’s pay. For the thousands of Mainers [...]
In: H1N1 Flu|Paid sick days|Senate President Libby Mitchell|swine flu
6 Nov 2009Today’s segment on Good Morning America reports on Walmart’s paid sick days policy. At issue: do penalties for using paid sick days encourage people to come to work sick?