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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 187
H.P. 120 House of Representatives, January 14, 2025
An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory
Service Fees on Nonmembers
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MORRIS of Turner.
Cosponsored by Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney, DRINKWATER of Milford,
GREENWOOD of Wales, LANCE of Paris, LIBBY of Auburn, PAUL of Winterport.
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1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §600-C is enacted to read:
3§600-C. Labor organization representation service fee for nonparticipants prohibited
4 An employee who has refrained from joining or participating in the activities of an
5 organization that is the bargaining agent for the employee for the purposes of representation
6 and collective bargaining may not be required to pay to the organization a service fee that
7 represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures that are germane to the
8 organization's representational activities.
9Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §963, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §2, is amended to
10 read:
112. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of
12 organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an
13 employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the
14 employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures
15 that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
16Sec. 3. 26 MRSA §979-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §6, is amended
17 to read:
182. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of
19 organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an
20 employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the
21 employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures
22 that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
23Sec. 4. 26 MRSA §1023, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §10, is amended
24 to read:
252. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of
26 organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an
27 employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the
28 employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures
29 that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
30Sec. 5. 26 MRSA §1283, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §15, is amended
31 to read:
322. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of
33 organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an
34 employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the
35 employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures
36 that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
37SUMMARY
38 Current law authorizes an organization that serves as a bargaining agent to charge
39 employees who are represented by but are not members of the organization a service fee
40 for expenditures related to representation. This bill removes that authorization.
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