Senate approves Jackson bill to promote good-faith negotiations in public sector employee contracts
Where I’m from, your word means something. However, right now agreements reached through the arbitration process are meaningless for employees and employers because they simply aren’t binding. As a result, neither management nor employees have any incentive to keep their end of the bargain. Our public employees — our teachers, our firefighters, and snowplow drivers — deserve better.
Jackson, Rafferty commemorate anniversary of minimum wage law
AUGUSTA – On Jan. 1, an estimated 52,900 hardworking Mainers received a wage increase thanks to the 2016 voter-approved minimum wage law, which increased the minimum wage from $12 per hour to $12.15 per hour in 2021. According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, one out of every five Mainers will benefit from this increase, with an additional 67,100 […]
