{"id":20171,"date":"2013-04-24T16:45:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T20:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=20171"},"modified":"2013-04-24T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T20:45:51","slug":"right-to-work-bills-rejected-by-maine-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/right-to-work-bills-rejected-by-maine-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Right-to-work bills rejected by Maine House","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The Maine House has rejected a pair of right-to-work bills. The first bill would make Maine a “right-to-work” state and the second would prohibit employers from deducting union dues or service fees from employees who have opted out of being in a union. The Maine House has rejected a pair of right-to-work bills. The first bill would make Maine a “right-to-work” state and the second would prohibit employers from deducting union dues or service fees from employees who have opted out of being in a union. If the bills had passed, it would have been illegal for employers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,988,18],"tags":[],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIf the bills had passed, it would have been illegal for employers in Maine to require workers to join a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment.
\nThe largely Democratic House defeated the right-to-work bill by a 92-53 vote and the service fees bill was rejected by a 89-56 vote.
\nThough the House rejected the bills, they still have to be voted on by the state Senate.
\n04\/26\/13 UPDATE:<\/strong> The Maine Senate voted down both right-to-work bills, effectively killing them. The bills were supported by Governor Paul LePage and republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"