April 8, 2013
'Right-to-work' bills die in committee
Two bills intended to reduce a union's ability to collect dues were defeated in a legislative committee's party-line vote Friday.
The Bangor Daily News reported that the Legislature's Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee voted 7-4 to nix the two bills that would have limited dues collection for unions at public and private employers, known generally as 'right-to-work' proposals.
One of the bills, LD 831, would have allowed a person to work at a unionized company without paying union dues. The other bill, LD 786, aimed to repeal a law that allows public employee unions to deduct dues from paychecks of workers who decide not to join the union.
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