Gov. Mills signs minimum wage for Maine agriculture workers into law

Gov. Mills signs farmworker minimum wage increase into law

The measure requires farmworkers to be paid the state minimum wage, more than double the federal minimum wage.

Farmworkers now ‘belong fully’ in Maine minimum wage laws • Maine Morning Star

Farmworkers' exclusion from state law was “rooted in racism,” said Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross, but updating the statute sends a message to all laborers that they “belong fully under Maine law” and should not “be paid poverty wages to do essential work.” (Photo by Hill Street Studios/ Getty Images)After multiple attempts in recent years, farmworkers will now have the right to state minimum wage like most other employees in Maine.  Gov. Janet Mills s…

New law will give Maine farmworkers more rights

A bill setting a state minimum wage for Maine farmworkers was signed into law Tuesday.  Agricultural workers have long been exempted from the labor protections extended to most employees, and similar bills have been proposed over the past two years, with supporters arguing that they would correct historical injustices.  Now, with the approval of the legislation, Maine joins more than 20 other states with minimum wage laws for farmworkers, accord…

Gov. Mills signs minimum wage for Maine agriculture workers into law

Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, said the bill is a 'long overdue step towards justice' for workers who are primarily Black, Brown, Latino, and Indigenous laborers who have historically been excluded from labor protections.

Farmworker wage bill signed into law

AUGUSTA -- Maine made history when Governor Janet Mills signed the first ever farmworker wage bill into law.