AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono: * * * New Sen. Tipping law protects Maine workers from losing work and pay Today, a new worker protections law from Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, took effect. LD 598, "An Act to Require Minimum Pay for Reporting to Work," establishes a new protection for workers by guaranteeing that a worker who reports for a scheduled shift will still receive some pay when an em  more