Posts Tagged ‘Frances Perkins

Friday marked the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in which 146 people, many of them teen girls, were burned or jumped to their deaths because of a fire made fatal by inadequate workplace protections. The doors to the factory were locked. Also Friday, more than one hundred people commemorated that fire by [...]

Join the Maine Women’s Lobby at The New New Deal: Building an Economy That Works for All of Us Saturday, May 2nd, 8:30 am – 3:00 PM The University of Maine Hutchinson Center Route 3, Belfast Join us for a conference exploring ways to strengthen our economy and create a better life for all. You [...]


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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 [...]