minimum wage
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2024
Maine’s minimum wage gets a lift – and so does Portland’s
While the new statewide minimum wage is $14.15 an hour, up from $13.80 in 2023, Portland's minimum wage is now $15 an hour, up from $14.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2023
Portland’s minimum wage jumps to $21 an hour because of storm
Gov. Janet Mills' declaration in advance of Hurricane Lee triggers a city law that includes a hazard pay clause bumping up Portland's minimum wage by 50% during a state of emergency.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2023
Maine bumps up minimum wage starting in January
The cost of living index rose 2.4%, prompting an increase in Maine's minimum wage, tipped wage and overtime threshold.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2023
Mills ‘reluctantly’ vetoes bill to improve pay, conditions for Maine farmworkers
The governor pledges to reestablish a stakeholder group with the goal of arriving at 'a shared understanding of how to implement a minimum wage bill for farmworkers.'
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PublishedApril 11, 2023
Legislators mull bills that could change minimum wages in Maine
The Labor and Housing Committee heard testimony from the public on 2 bills: one that would increase the state's minimum, and another that would limit a municipality's ability to set its own rate.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2023
Maine, Portland minimum wages jump on Jan. 1
The state's new minimum wage is $13.80 an hour as of Jan. 1 and in Portland, it is now $14 an hour.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2022
Commentary: Why I’ll be voting ‘no’ on Question D
To eliminate the tip credit assumes a massive risk for many businesses and employees in Portland.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2022
Commentary: Why I support ‘yes’ on Portland’s Question D
And Questions B and C. But Question D, above all, would finally grant me and other gig workers a living wage.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2022
Hillary Clinton endorses proposal to raise Portland’s minimum wage
The former U.S. senator from New York, secretary of state and presidential candidate appears in a new ad for One Fair Wage Portland.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2022
Low-wage workers bear financial brunt of denied abortions
It has always been difficult to be pregnant on the job and to raise a child, but especially so for low-wage workers.
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