🧰 Unemployment rate for Black & Latino workers was almost cut in half, but median earnings are still just 83% of white Mainers.
🧰 Median wages for ME women working full-time year-round rose 9% compared to men's 0.8%, but women's wages are still just 85% of men's.
Our annual State of Working Maine report is here! A lot of good has resulted from strong policy choices that prioritize the needs of Maine workers. At the same time, not all workers are seeing the full benefit of the strong economy. https://t.co/Xam3YxG4dG
🧰 For the typical ME worker, wage growth outpaced inflation by 4% between 2019 and 2023.
🧰 Since 2019, weekly wages in ME's private sector rose 15%, but public sector wages rose just 11%.
The new GDP numbers are out, showing Maine's economy continuing to outperform the US and New England. Good policy choices that support working families yield good results. #GDP#Maine
[Source: MECEP analysis of US Bureau of Economic Analysis data]
This #LaborDay, farmworkers in Maine are STILL denied many basic rights most workers take for granted. Get the facts — and learn what we can do about it — in our latest explainer. #mepolitics https://t.co/zXTjzk18ln
What is Guaranteed Income, how is it different from other safety net programs, and who might benefit in Maine? Get the facts in our newest explainer. #mepolitics https://t.co/gf5PIxziI4
Saying you want to help families make ends meet and then voting against expanding the #ChildTaxCredit makes no sense. When the program was expanded during the pandemic, it cut child poverty nearly in half. #mepolitics
New from @JamesxMyall: Policymakers can build on the gains brought by a strong labor market and federal investments, while also recognizing the need to bring down costs. #mepolitics https://t.co/01OIKh0rcf
Maine has an incredible opportunity to advance tax fairness by participating in the new IRS Direct File system—but only if we opt in. #mepolitics@MECEP1
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The federal department of labor is raising the threshold for low-paid salaried workers to be eligible for overtime pay — but the fate of the new rule is uncertain. Read @JamesxMyall's latest to learn who is eligible and what this means for Maine workers. https://t.co/UaiyxrlWv0
New report by @MECEP1: "Low pay and inadequate benefits are the drivers of high turnover and burnout among direct care workers in long-term care, including nursing homes, resulting in a staggering shortfall in care hours required versus those actually delivered" @skilled_nursing