A person may not directly or indirectly interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against a public employee or a group of public employees in the free exercise of their rights, given by this section, to voluntarily: [PL 2007, c. 415, §2 (RPR).]
1. Join a union. Join, form and participate in the activities of organizations of their own choosing for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining or in the free exercise of any other right under this chapter; or

[PL 2007, c. 415, §2 (NEW).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 963

  • Bargaining agent: means any lawful organization, association or individual representative of such organization or association which has as its primary purpose the representation of employees in their employment relations with employers, and which has been determined by the public employer or by the executive director of the board to be the choice of the majority of the unit as their representative. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 962
  • Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
  • Public employee: means an employee of a public employer, except a person:
2. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the employee a service fee that represents the employee’s pro rata share of those expenditures that are germane to the organization’s representational activities.

[PL 2007, c. 415, §2 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1969, c. 424, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 415, §2 (RPR).