Maine

Maine Told To Tighten Tribal Land Water Rules

March 21, 2015 Collin Woodard, www.pressherald.com Resist! Land Rights, Maine, Water

The federal government has ordered Maine to tighten its water quality standards for rivers and lakes on tribal lands to ensure fish taken there are safe to eat in large quantities. Tribal leaders hailed the move as a historic assertion of federal oversight of Maine’s relationship with federally recognized tribes here. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled Monday that clean water standards proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection are inadequate to protect sustenance fishermen – those who fish as a primary means of feeding their families – on the reservations from certain toxins, because they eat much greater volumes of fish than the average Mainer.

Nurse Wins Victory For Common Sense On Ebola

November 3, 2014 Jessica Glenza, www.theguardian.com Resist! Ebola, Maine, Nurses

Maine suffered defeat in its attempts to restrict the movements of a nurse who returned to the state after working with Ebola patients in west Africa, when a judge reversed an earlier ruling. A Maine judge on Friday ruled that Kaci Hickox must comply with monitoring forEbola symptoms, but lifted an order that she stay away from public gatherings and maintain a 3ft distance from others, though those requirements had complied with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for people in a situation like hers. “[Maine] has not met its burden at this time to prove by clear and convincing evidence that limiting [Hickox’s] movements to the degree requested is ‘necessary to protect other individuals from the dangers of infection’,” chief district court judge Charles C LaVerdiere wrote in an order posted on Friday afternoon.

How A Large Worker Co-op Got Started

June 20, 2014 Undernews, www.prorevnews.blogspot.com Create! Cooperatives, Maine, Worker's Rights

Cooperative Development Institute - Employees of three rural Maine businesses – Burnt Cove Market, V&S Variety and Pharmacy, and The Galley – are now the owners. All of them. By forming the Island Employee Cooperative , the largest worker cooperative in Maine and one of the larger worker co - ops in the United States, the employees were able to purchase the businesses from retiring owners Vern and Sand ra Seile. Combined, the three businesses are one of the island’s largest employers and provide the community with a full array of groceries, hardware, prescription drugs, pharmacy items, craft supplies, and other goods and services. The employees were concerned when word first circulated that the Seiles were thinking about selling the stores and retiring. Potential buyers who were not part of the community would doubtfully have maintained the same level of jobs and services, and other employment options on the island are limited.

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