Members of two of Maine’s larger public employee unions have voted to ratify contracts effectively implementing right to work provisions in the state for the first time. The Maine State Employees Association (MSEA) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSME) accepted two year contracts that specifically eliminates the current requirement that…
Read More »Notwithstanding the lesson from the impending Wal-Mart closings (and what might have caused them), state and local officials continue to look to mandate low-income workers into prosperity by increasing the minimum wage. Advocates in the state of Maine have succeeded in securing the required number of signatures to place a question on the November ballot…
Read More »Governor Paul LePage, who has been a staunch supporter of loosening the shackles on business to create more economic opportunity for Mainers has now thrown his support behind a long-shot effort to make Maine the 26th Right-To-Work state in the nation. The Governor’s senior economic adviser led a host of administration officials testifying in favor…
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