LD97 - Right to Work for Less

(2021)

An Act To Ensure the Right To Work without Payment of Dues or Fees to a Labor Union

What is the bill?

So called “right-to-work” laws are designed to weaken unions, drive down wages and allow workers to get most of the benefits of unions without paying any dues. Current Maine law allows private sector unions and employers to negotiate contracts where all workers who benefit from a collective bargaining agreement share in the costs of bargaining and representation. LD 97 would have made it illegal for employers and employees to agree that all workers who benefit from a collective bargaining agreement share in the costs.

What happened?

Defeated (Failed the House and Failed the Senate)

Votes