In: Labor|Maine Women's Lobby|Paid sick days|Senate President Libby Mitchell
22 Mar 2010By 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 [...]
In: Paid sick days
8 Mar 2010Today 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 [...]
In: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine|Events|Governor Baldacci|LD 621|Labor|Laura Harper|Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby|Maine's Firefighter Cancer Bill|Uncategorized
24 Jul 2009Since 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 [...]