Maine Gov. Mills vetoes bill to apply minimum wage laws to farmworkers
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Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have raised farmworkers' minimum wage to the $13.80 per hour applied to other professions.
House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross sponsored the bill, which would cover farmworkers under Maine’s annually indexed minimum wage. But the bill was amended to entitling them to overtime pay as well. The governor, in her veto letter, said changes made at her behest didn't alleviate her concerns about the "scope of the language."
Talbot Ross accused the governor of "using the power of her office to maintain inequality amongst Mainers."
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