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Abby Howell of Biddeford holds her children, 4-month-old Audrey, left, and Eloise Garafalo, 2, at their home on Thursday. Howell is one of thousands of Maine women who ve had to leave jobs or are having trouble finding work because of child and family care pressures related to the pandemic and recession. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
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Democratic legislative leaders reprimand Maine Medical Center for union busting tactics
Sen. President Troy Jackson and Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau, with 75 other legislators, urged the hospital to fire the consultants pledged to support nurses Author: Roslyn Flaherty (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:25 PM EDT March 15, 2021 Updated: 11:12 AM EDT March 17, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine Maine’s Democratic legislative leaders wrote to Maine Medical Center (MMC) this weekend admonishing administration and “anti-union consultants” for allegedly strong-arming its nurses into voting down a proposed union.
The letter, from Senate President Troy Jackson and Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau, along with 75 other Senate and House members, asked the hospital to “fire the consultants and respect RNs federally-protected right to organize.”