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Jobz v. skool
In: Charlotte Warren|Helpful Links|Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Women's Leadership
25 May 2011Last 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 [...]
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- Tags: child labor
Here’s the skinny
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|BPA|Charlotte Warren|Choice|Civil Rights|Governor LaPage|Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Reproductive Health|Roll Call|Women's Leadership
18 May 2011Feeling blue about the state of affairs in Augusta these days? I hear ya (although it might also be the rain). That’s why I’m writing to you today. Believe it or not, we have A LOT to celebrate. Thanks to you, and your calls, emails, and visits to the State House we have – together [...]
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Last Thursday, the Maine House read and adopted a Joint Resolution Recognizing International Women’s Day on March 8th. This week it’s on the Senate’s docket. Here’s what they are considering: WHEREAS, March 8, 2011 is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, a globalcelebration of the economic, social and political achievements of women; and WHEREAS, women are achieving [...]
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The Governor’s roll-back agenda is now reaching into the most basic protections for kids – child labor. No kidding. L.D. 516 would permit employers to hire teen workers and schedule them for unlimited hours during the school year. Representatives from Governor LePage’s Department of Labor testified in favor of a bill to roll-back wage and [...]
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Governor LePage has now chosen his appointees to head seven of the 15 state departments—and, so far, none of them are women. “Not only does a healthy democracy require diversity in order to be truly representative, but solving the tough problems that Maine currently faces will require leadership, experience, wisdom, and drawing upon all of [...]
CEDAW hearing today!
18 Nov 2010This Thursday, November 18th, for the first time in EIGHT years, the United States Senate will hold a hearing focused solely on the importance of ratifying CEDAW – a momentous step forward in our push to ratify this important Treaty. CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, is a [...]
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Surge of anti-choice women governors
In: Civil Rights|Maine Women's Lobby|Reproductive Health|She Decides|Uncategorized|Women's Leadership
2 Nov 2010Here we go! Happy Election Day. Don’t forget to VOTE! (But, you knew that). Something we haven’t heard a lot about nationally – Women’s E-news reports today that anti-choice female candidates for governor are poised for big wins. What will this mean for state protections for reproductive rights and access to health care?
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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 [...]
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