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PublishedNovember 9, 2016
Business leaders will ask Maine lawmakers to modify minimum wage increase
Representatives of the restaurant and retail industries say rules for tipped workers and inflation-based increases would hurt small businesses.
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PublishedOctober 14, 2016
LePage likens advocacy of minimum wage increase to ‘attempted murder’
The governor reaffirms his statement that two advocates of the increase should be jailed because he believes the effect on senior citizens would push them 'to the brink of survival.'
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2016
Poll shows 6 out of 10 Mainers back $12 minimum wage by 2020
The support for a gradual statewide increase comes even though a majority of likely voters say it would hurt small businesses, much like the 28 percent who oppose Question 4.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2016
Group seeking $12 base wage posted jobs paying $10 an hour
The Maine People's Alliance insists the pay level in the ad was an error, but a critic of raising the minimum calls it a 'Do as I say, not as I do' moment.
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