University Nursing Workforce Plan Aims to Double Enrollment
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Call For Business Owners- Your Support Needed For New Bridge
Plea for Business Owners to Be Heard on Frank J. Wood Bridge Replacement
Submitted By John Shattuck, Town of Topsham
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No on Question 4: Official SMMC Stance
SMMC Official Stance
Vote No on 4:
If Question 4 passes it would hurt all businesses,
restaurants in particular, and our fixed-income seniors
After surveying the membership, the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber is urging Maine citizens
to vote NO on Question 4: An Act to Raise the Minimum Wage.
To be crystal clear, the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber is not opposed to a minimum wage increase. However, Question 4 does much more than just add a simple raise to the minimum wage. If passed it would be the steepest increase to minimum wage in US History, it adds inflation after 2020 so
minimum wage will continually rise, and most importantly, this rule will fundamentally change one of the
biggest industries in our tourism-driven state, the restaurant industry, by eliminating the tip credit.
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