minimum wage
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2018
Maine Observer: Good tips for good service in Maine
The same principle applies here as in Las Vegas: Until wait staff are paid well, it's the tips that make all the difference.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2018
Lawmakers delay vote on bill to establish youth wages
The controversial measure would allow employers to pay young or inexperienced workers less than the $10-an-hour minimum wage that took effect Jan. 1.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2018
Maine Voices: Federal proposal to let restaurant owners disburse tips is unfair, absurd
Workers are paid too little as it is. The One Fair Wage system already in place in 7 states works better.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2018
Our View: Maine has no reason to stall new minimum-wage law
Critics of the 2016 base-pay raise are making the same specious claims they offered then.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2018
After success in getting tip credit restored in Maine, it’s time to go national
Our new nonprofit plans to defend the server wages now under attack by a group looking to redesign the economics of the restaurant industry across the country.
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PublishedJune 26, 2017
LePage signs tip credit restoration bill
The measure allows tipped employees to be paid half the state minimum wage.
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PublishedJune 18, 2017
Jim Fossel: Pragmatists are getting things done in Augusta
Maine Democrats win a public fight with their own left wing over the minimum-wage tip credit.
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PublishedMay 25, 2017
Minimum-wage hike as godsend: $30 more per week changes my life
Facing nine bills that could tamper with the wage increase, the Maine Legislature must honor what voters embraced in passing the Question 4 referendum.
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PublishedMay 23, 2017
Governor’s minimum wage bill proposes slower increase and $11 cap
Business and union interests square off over the latest attempt to change the ballot measure passed in November.
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PublishedMay 10, 2017
Legislative panel sides with restaurant owners, workers in backing revival of ‘tip credit’
They hope the full Legislature agrees and kills the tip credit phase-out approved by voters as part of the minimum wage referendum.
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