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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.”
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.
Mar. 12 AUGUSTA, Maine Maine would require insurers to cover COVID-19 testing costs and expand the number of people able to administer vaccines under a measure easily passed by the Legislature early Friday. The passage of the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights was a victory for Senate President Troy Jackson, D- Allagash, and Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-.