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Statement from Maine Women’s Lobby on Fair Pay Vote
In: Discrimination|Equal Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins
18 Nov 2010Paycheck Fairness: How Long Will it Take? Maine Women’s Lobby Responds to Vote to Defeat Paycheck Fairness Act Statement of Sarah Standiford, Executive Director, Maine Women’s Lobby “The failure of the U.S. Senate to proceed to an up-or-down vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act has jeopardized the economic standing of Maine’s women, and the families [...]
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- Tags: Discrimination, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Maine Women's Lobby, Paycheck fairness, Paycheck Fairness Act, Senator Collins, Senator Snowe, U.S. Senate
Together. We Can Protect Marriage Equality. Together.
In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Gay Marriage|Marriage Equality
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- Tags: Discrimination, EqualityMaine, Gay Marriage, marriage, marriage debate, Marriage Equality
The women of the Maine Women's Lobby reflect on the 124th
In: Charlotte Warren|Civil Rights|Discrimination|Equal Pay|Events|Fair Pay|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|Gay Marriage|Girls' Day|Governor Baldacci|Hannah Pingree|Laura Harper|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby|Maine Women's Policy Center|Marriage Equality|Obama|Paid sick days|Press Link|Sarah Standiford|Speaker of the House
24 Jun 2009Last week, the Village Soup posted an article featuring reflections on the 124th session from capital-area legislators. Their reflections are really interesting – and got me wondering what others thought. So, I started asking around … and here are some reflections from the women of the Maine Women’s Lobby: Here’s what Laura had to say: [...]
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- Tags: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Gay Marriage, Girls' Day, Girls' Day at the State House, House of Representatives, Laura Harper, LD 1020, Leadership, Maine Women's Lobby, Maine Women's Policy Center, marriage, Marriage Equality, Paid sick days, public hearing, State House, Welfare, women's issues, YouTube
Sarah says, "the Commission got it right"
In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Press Link|transgender|Uncategorized
18 Jun 2009The Maine Human Rights Commission decided that a transgender woman was discriminated against at a Denny’s restaurant in Auburn when management would not let her use the ladies room until she had sex reassignment surgery. The Sun Journal editorialized against the decision. And here’s what Sarah said, “The Sun Journal editorial stating that a transgender [...]
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What's in a Word?
In: Discrimination
12 Jun 2009Governor John Baldacci signed a bill on Monday that tightens a nine-year-old law banning the use of the word “squaw” from official place names (Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal). After this law took effect, many places, including the names of mountains and creeks, were changed. But, believe it or not, some people just couldn’t let [...]
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- Tags: Discrimination, Hate Crimes, Maine Civil Liberties Union, Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal, Women, women's issues
Maine Groups Cheer Sotomayor Nomination
In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Equal Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Supreme Court|Susan Collins|Women's Leadership
27 May 2009Maine Fair and Independent Federal Courts Coalition Lauds Historic Nomination (Augusta) Today in a news release, organizations representing Maine people celebrated the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. “In selecting Judge Sotomayor to be his nominee to the highest court, President Obama has chosen someone who is superbly qualified and has [...]
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- Tags: Discrimination, Equal Justice, Fair Federal Courts, Maine Women's Lobby, SCOTUS, Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Do you have children?
In: Discrimination|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|Labor|Press Link
21 May 2009A woman in Pennsylvania is seeking to make it illegal for potential employers to ask that question. In her experience, the fact that she was s single mom of two young children stopped many job interviews mid-stream. This article is a perfect example of why we are working so hard on LD 962, An Act [...]
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What do all these organizations have in common?
In: Discrimination|Family Caregiver Protection|Family Responsibilities Discrimination|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby
18 May 2009..They support L.D. 962 “An Act to Protect Family Caregivers” Among them: American Cancer Society, Disability Rights Center, Equality Maine, League of Young Voters, Legal Services for the Elderly, Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine Centers for Work and Community, Maine Children’s Alliance, Maine Civil Liberties Union, Maine Employment Lawyers [...]
A Question of Fairness
In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Gay Marriage|Governor Baldacci|Marriage Equality|Press Link
7 May 2009We know how Governor Baldacci answered the question, he clearly stated that marriage equality was about being fair. Unfortunately, New Hampshire’s Governor hasn’t proceeded in the same fashion. In New Hampshire, Gov. John Lynch – who previously defined marriage as strictly between a man and a woman – promised his “best decision” after consulting lawmakers [...]
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Separate but Equal is Fundamentally Unfair
In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Gay Marriage|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby|Marriage Equality
30 Apr 2009Senator Simpson speaking to why civil unions is not equality, “It is fundamentally unfair to treat one class of people differently under the law” “I have to stand up…and vote with hope…for the pending motion.”
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