Union clashes with Maine officials during contract negotiations
The Maine State Employees Association recently filed a complaint alleging that state officials made unreasonable proposals during contract talks, the Portland Press Herald reports.
The 21-page complaint touches upon a number of state proposals, including allowing the state to stop deducting union dues from payroll and eliminating the requirement that non-union workers pay dues. Other concessions requested by the state include child care and elder care benefits eligibility and restricting workers' access to personnel files.
The union claims that other organizations - including the Maine State Law Enforcement Association and the Maine State Troopers Association - were not asked to agree to the same demands, which prompted it to file the complaint.
"It's a reflection of just how poorly we think things have gone," Tim Belcher, general counsel for the union, told the news source in reference to the negotiations. "We absolutely need to get things back on track."
There was controversy over a law banning the deduction of union dues from payroll in several southern states - including Alabama and Florida - earlier this year. The Florida bill, which was passed in March, requires unions to obtain an annual written authorization from their members before using dues for a political union activity.
The 21-page complaint touches upon a number of state proposals, including allowing the state to stop deducting union dues from payroll and eliminating the requirement that non-union workers pay dues. Other concessions requested by the state include child care and elder care benefits eligibility and restricting workers' access to personnel files.
The union claims that other organizations - including the Maine State Law Enforcement Association and the Maine State Troopers Association - were not asked to agree to the same demands, which prompted it to file the complaint.
"It's a reflection of just how poorly we think things have gone," Tim Belcher, general counsel for the union, told the news source in reference to the negotiations. "We absolutely need to get things back on track."
There was controversy over a law banning the deduction of union dues from payroll in several southern states - including Alabama and Florida - earlier this year. The Florida bill, which was passed in March, requires unions to obtain an annual written authorization from their members before using dues for a political union activity.
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