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LD 373 - Strengthen Organizing Rights

(2024)

An Act to Improve Labor Conditions for Maine Workers

LD 373 bill text Maine AFL-CIO Supported

Sponsored by Senator Mike Tipping

What is the bill?

This legislation would ensure that workers have a free and fair chance to join a union for any manufacturing, fabrication, maritime or operations and maintenance work done in a new port by utilizing employer-employee harmony agreements for key parts of non-construction work in a port. These agreements are a way to ensure workers’ freedom to join a union free from employer intimidation. This bill was passed by the Legislature, but vetoed by Gov. Mills.

What happened?

Defeated (Passed by the Legislature, Vetoed by the Governor)

Votes

Senate

21 Pro-labor 12 Anti-labor

House

74 Pro-labor 65 Anti-labor