EARN in Maine

Maine Network publications

• Worker justice wins and losses in the 2024 legislative session

  • May 15, 2024
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Arthur Phillips
  Budges and Taxes Care Economy Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Maine lawmakers have signed off on worker protections – now they must fund their implementation

  • April 12, 2024
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Budges and Taxes Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• Poor pay and strained working conditions cause staffing shortages in Maine schools

  • April 8, 2024
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Education Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• How public policy has and hasn’t increased equity for Black Mainers

  • February 27, 2024
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Public Services and Employment Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• Worker justice wins and losses in the 2024 legislative session

  • February 15, 2024
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Arthur Phillips
  Minimum Wage Wage Theft Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• Maine state employees still face significant pay gap

  • February 6, 2024
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  Income Inequality Wages

• The Child Tax Credit – An Explainer

  • January 24, 2024
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Karin Leuthy
  Budges and Taxes Family Economic Security

• Feasibility and Impact of Guaranteed Income in Maine

  • January 24, 2024
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • Sarah Austin, Josie Phillips
  Public Services, Budgets, and Economic Development

• State of Working Maine 2023: Boosting Maine’s Workforce

  • November 20, 2023
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy
  • James Myall
  State of Working X Wages, Labor Standards, and Job Quality

• Brief: The state of labor organizing in Maine

  • October 23, 2023
  • Maine Center for Economic Policy

  At a glance: Labor unions play an essential role in delivering better wages, benefits, and working conditions not just for their members, but for all workers Women and people of […]

  Unions and Worker Power