Browning-Ferris holds that a company is now considered a “joint employer” of subcontracted employees.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Debates aren’t on TV to entertain, but to learn who would be a good president
We learned a little more about the GOP candidates on Wednesday, and moderators got slammed for stupid questions.
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How much would he write if he had a topic?
You’d be amazed at how much there is I don’t want to write about.
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If waitresses earned a decent minimum wage, dignity might get a raise
When you are sexually harrassed in a restaurant yet depend on tips, it’s harder to voice a protest.
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Pope focuses on the people, while synod focuses on doctrine
Gathering holds firm to Catholic teaching on abortion and contraception, re-affirms doctrines about divorce and remarriage, same-sex relationships.
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Nine hours of sleep can be a game-changer for student-athletes
A healthier starting time in middle and high schools would help the most important people there: our teens.
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LePage creating circular firing squads within the Republican Party
Governor means to purge the party of those pesky moderates.
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Putting the public back in elections
The voluntary public financing the Clean Election Act uses is the only means we have for closing the floodgates of money that have corrupted and polluted our elections since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010.
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Rant against Planned Parenthood unexpectedly extremist in Maine
Espling’s column based on the tea party falsehood that the organization is engaging in the sale of fetal parts.
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Libraries, sporting camps share same challenges in the 21 century
Called on to offer much more than they did in the past, both are closing at a frightening rate.