Posts Tagged ‘Labor

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 [...]

Today we will be live blogging from the paid sick days (L.D. 1665) work session at the Labor Committee. Stay tuned for updates! OR Stop by to join us and resister your support for this important and historic legislation! Or you can click here to follow it live on the internet. Today, Monday March 8th at [...]

Since I was the only lady in the room, I hoped that they would let me stand in front with all the big guys.  But, in all seriousness, this was a great event.  Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure to attend the signing ceremony for LD 621, “An Act Allowing Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Firefighters [...]

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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  • Linda Mitchell: Make Lilly Right is a campaign, started by two women in Seattle, to get one million women to each se [...]
  • Lynne: Thank you for a terrific, inspiring event that showed us once again that one strong woman can make a [...]
  • Jason Sabo: If this issue is important to you, please take several minutes to join SafePhaseOut.org, a website d [...]
  • Kathleen Skillings: I would like to take this opportunity to address the editorial I read in yesterdays news. As a smal [...]
  • Donna Maria Coles Johnson: Interesting comment from Emily Caswell. I am not a resident of Maine, but I do buy natural personal [...]