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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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inElection 2022, Local & State, Politics
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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
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.
Posted inElection 2022, Local & State
Author Ibram X. Kendi speaks in Portland on legacy of slavery and the tipped wage
During an hour-long talk at the First Parish Unitarian Church on Friday, Kendi talked about the history of slavery and tipping, and how to overcome bias and change policy.
Posted inTimes Record
From the Chamber: There’s no such thing as a sub-minimum wage and other tip credit myths
We live in a politicized world. When a policy issue is being discussed — nearly any policy — the opposing sides often rely on intentionally inciteful language to persuade, dissuade and manipulate voters into seeing their side. There are a number of tactics that are used: false equivalencies, straw men, sweeping generalizations, historical inaccuracies and […]
Posted inElection 2022, Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Portland cannot afford to eliminate the tipped wage
Tipped income provides a great living for many workers in the city. The proposal for an $18-an-hour minimum wage would take that away.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland City Council to hold public hearings, vote on sending referendum questions to ballot
Several councilors said they are frustrated by the referendum process and see potential for unintended consequences in using it excessively to create policy.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: It’s time to raise the federal minimum wage
The bottom line? As prices and profits soar, $7.25 just isn’t what it used to be.