LD1232 - Right to Work for Less

(2019)

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

Sponsored by Rep. Lawrence Lockman (R-Bradley)

What is the bill?

So called “right-to-work” laws are designed to weaken unions, drive down wages and allow workers to get the benefits of unions without paying dues. Currently in Maine in the private sector, unions and employers can negotiate contracts where all workers who benefit from a collective bargaining agreement share in the costs of bargaining and representation. LD 1232 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

Votes