Archive for the ‘Senate President Libby Mitchell’ Category

By 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 [...]

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Senate 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 [...]

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Today’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?

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  • 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 [...]