Opponents say ruling for the businesses could threaten rules that allow government to access private property to conduct workplace health and safety inspections.
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Maine Medical Center nurses divided on union as vote looms
If the organizing drive at the state’s largest hospital is successful, Maine’s unionized workforce for nurses would increase from 2,000 to 3,900.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Senate president: Maine Med nurses deserve to be heard. With a union, they will be.
By banding together, the nurses who have been there for patients like me will be better able to speak out and improve their own health and safety conditions.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Group lines up support for nurses’ union at Maine Medical Center
A letter backing the labor union effort for registered nurses at Maine’s largest hospital garnered at least 1,500 signatures, according to a pro-union group.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Top Democrats rebuke Maine Med over nurses’ union drive
Legislative leaders accuse management of heavy-handed tactics, including threats to organizers’ jobs, but the Portland hospital denies it intimidated or mistreated any nurses.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: I’m a longtime nurse at Maine Medical Center, and I don’t support a union
Why would we pay dues that would give us benefits we already have and make the patient a secondary consideration?
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Amazon faces biggest union push in its history
And it’s happening in the unlikeliest of places: Alabama, a state with laws that don’t favor unions.
Posted inTimes Record
BIW union issues statement supporting Maine Med nurses’ unionization push
“It’s time we blow the whistle on the anti-union corporations that hire lawyers and spend big $$ to intimidate their employees for trying to form a union,” Local S6 leaders wrote Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Maine Med hires anti-union firm to train, dissuade nurses
Nurses would be required to take time from their work caring for patients, delivering vaccines and conducting coronavirus tests to attend the mandatory training.
Posted inBusiness
Google workers form new labor union, a tech industry rarity
Members are pushing for change without traditional collective bargaining rights.