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Day One at the State House: Eliminate…

In: Charlotte Warren|Labor|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby

30 Nov 2010

The new Maine Legislature meets for the first time tomorrow. And, the first order of business of Maine’s new legislative leadership may be to eliminate the Labor Committee – the committee that serves the needs of women workers. The Labor Committee has existed in the Maine Legislature continuously since 1887 (yes, that’s right – over [...]

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Tags: Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Family Medical Leave Insurance, Family Values at Work, Gender equality, Maine Women's Lobby, work-family

Statement from Maine Women’s Lobby on Fair Pay Vote

In: Discrimination|Equal Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

18 Nov 2010

Paycheck 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

tick tock

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Olympia Snowe|Susan Collins

15 Sep 2010

…the clock is ticking. The U.S. Senate is back in session, and the clock is ticking for fair pay. With three weeks remaining to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, we need our Senators to act – which means they need to hear from us today! Call your Senator at 1-877-667-6650 and ask them to pass [...]

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Tags: Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Gender equality, Paycheck fairness, Paycheck Fairness Act

It’s Only Fair: Paycheck Fairness Now!

In: Equal Pay|Fair Pay|Maine Women's Lobby|Obama

20 Jul 2010

Vice President Biden, along with members of the White House Middle Class Task Force and Council on Women and Girls, will announce recommendations from the Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force to help families negotiate the work-family balance. The passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act is among these recommendations. President Obama made it clear that equal [...]

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Tags: Fair Pay, Paycheck fairness

Last 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: [...]

dollars to donuts

In: Uncategorized

19 Jun 2009

(Yeah, I can’t explain the donuts reference except that I’m hungry, and I mentioned bagels last week – figure I better give donuts their proper due.) Anyway, I’m pretty psyched about a recent editorial by the Bangor Daily News called “Equal Pay Helps All.” “The fact that women in the same job make only 78 [...]

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Tags: Bangor Daily News, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Pay Gap

Calling on Maine Senators to "Tweak the Bill"

1 May 2009

Senators Snowe and Collins will have an opportunity to make some changes to the Paycheck Fairness Act which will come before the United States Senate soon. According to an editorial by the Portland Press Herald, the bill could use a little tweaking. They state, “Overall, putting more teeth into requirements that employers pay women fairly [...]