Committee to Hear Bill to Ban Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings

On Tuesday, May 9 at 1pm, the Labor and Housing Committee will hear a bill that would crack down on employee intimidation during union drives.LD 1756, sponsored by Sen. Mattie Daughtry (D-Cumberland), would strengthen our Constitutional right to Freedom of Association by prohibiting employers to force employees to attend these type of captive audience meetings to be lectured about unions, politics and religion.

This is a very common tactic that employers use to defeat union drives and has been deployed at several workplaces in Maine, including Maine Medical Center and Shalom House. If you would like to submit written testimony or, better yet, testify in support of this bill in person, please email adam@maineaflcio.org