CONSUMER ACTION AND INFORMATION
Groups working on consumer rights and consumer education.
Bangor Clean Clothes Campaign
170 Park St.
Bangor, ME
04401
947-4203
info@pica.ws
www.pica.ws Or,
http://www.cleanclothesconnection.org
We are an anti-sweatshop movement
that seeks to organize a community of consumers whose voice will be heard by
trans-national apparel-makers that supply our stores and count on our
dollars. This campaign is sponsored by PICA (see Peace through
Interamerican Community Action listing), and supported by labor, women, civil
rights, youth, and church groups.
Better Business Bureau
812 Stevens Ave.
Portland, ME
04103
878-2715
info@bosbbb.org
www.bosbbb.org
Helps consumers to file
complaints against specific businesses and attempts to resolve complaints to
consumer's satisfaction.
Clean Clothes Campaign of Southern Maine
27 Gorham Road,
#G109
Scarborough, ME 04074
883-0156, 284-1515
CCCSoMe@aol.com
www.maintoday.koz.com/maine/cccsome
The
southern Maine campaign to promote the purchase of "clean clothes" made without
sweatshop conditions. Supports consumer buying campaigns and legislation
requiring local and state governments to buy ethically produced
goods.
Coalition for Public Energy Choice
55 River Road
Steep Falls, ME
04085
642-5161 Fax 642-5161
Richard Rudolph
We are committed to
providing residential and small business customers with a powerful voice in the
electric utility restructuring process. Working with the public and officials on
municipal aggregation to create equal distribution of benefits and economic
clout for customers.
COMBAT - Maine Center for the Public Interest
109 State Street
Bangor, Maine 04401
947-3331
http://www.consumerprotect.org/
Provides consumer complaint mediation and consumer education services. Staffed primarily by community volunteers. Founded in 1972 and supported by membership donations. Approach by letter brings quickest response. Volunteers welcome.
Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Maine
111 Wescott Road, PO Box
2560
South Portland, ME 04116
800-539-2227, 773-1411 Fax 773-1824
cccs@cccsme.org
www.cccsme.org
Provides consumers with
financial counseling, debt management plans, and consumer education. Our
Credit Report Review program will advise you how to read and correct errors in
your credit report.
Consumer Mediation, Attorney General's Office
State House Station
6
Augusta, ME 04333
626-8849 (9-noon)
www.state.me.us/ag/
Attempts to resolve
conflicts between consumers and businesses with the assistance of volunteer
complaint mediators.
Consumers for Affordable Health Care Coalition
One Weston Court, PO Box
2490
Augusta, ME 04338
622-7045, 800-838-0388 Fax 622-7077
consumerhealth@mainecahc.org
www.mainecahc.org
Maine's largest
consumer coalition of individuals and organizations throughout the state.
We exist to ensure that consumers have a strong voice in health care matters by
bringing varied groups together with grassroots activists to fight for
affordable, quality health care for all Maine citizens. Special focus is on the
estimated 130,000 people in Maine who have no health coverage.
Co-op Voices Unite
c/o Blue Hill FoodCo-op, PO Box 1002
Blue Hill, ME 04614
359-4617, 359-2282
coopvu@acadia.net
Working with consumers, farmers, and the legislature to keep Maine free from genetically engineered food crops.
Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maine
PO Box 3122
Auburn, ME
04212
800-218-9885
www.funerals.org/famsa
Dana
Woodbury
Nonprofit membership organization providing information and
counseling on how to obtain a simple, inexpensive funeral.
Maine Clean Clothes Alliance (MECCA)
170 Park St.
Bangor, ME
04401
947-4203
info@pica.ws
MECCA is a statewide network of
organizations opposing sweatshop labor by promoting fair labor purchasing
standards in communities and institutions.
Maine People's Alliance--See Multi-Issue
Maine Right to Know
PO Box 221
Unity, ME 04988
437-2477
Our mission is to educate Maine people about genetically engineered (GE) foods and food crops. We advocate for our fundamental right to know what is in our food and how it is produced. We promote legislation and a possible citizen's initiative on the labeling of GE foods.
Sweatfree Communities
170 Park St.
Bangor, ME 04401
262-7277 fax (603) 457-6036
info@sweatfree.org
http://www.sweatfree.org
A network of local campaigns to end sweatshops and purchasing of sweatshop produced goods.
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