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.
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Maine’s top Democratic legislators have rebuked Maine Medical Center over its treatment of nurses seeking to unionize, accusing management of heavy-handed tactics that included threats to organizers’ jobs. In a statement Sunday, the Portland hospital denied that it had intimidated or mistreated any nurses and said it has encouraged those who are eligible to vote in the upcoming union election, although it urges them to vote no.