minimum wage
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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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PublishedApril 9, 2017
Our View: Maine lawmakers should study tipped wage, not cut it
It would be premature to change the state's new minimum-wage law before seeing if it works.
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PublishedApril 5, 2017
Dozens of restaurant servers weigh in on both sides of ‘tip credit’ issue
Most tell lawmakers they fear losing a livable income if the practice is phased out as planned, but others want to stay the course so their minimum wage rises to $12 by 2024.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2017
Our View: Maine’s minimum-wage hike is a law, not a suggestion
Gov. LePage is acting more like a king than like a leader of a democratically elected government.
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