130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 151
H.P. 107 House of Representatives, January 21, 2021
An Act To Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them To Organize
for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 19, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Labor and Housing pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule
401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HARNETT of Gardiner.
Cosponsored by Senator MIRAMANT of Knox and
Representatives: EVANGELOS of Friendship, TALBOT ROSS of Portland.
Printed on recycled paper
1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 CONCEPT DRAFT
3 SUMMARY
4 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.
5 This bill proposes to allow persons working in agriculture to organize for the purposes
6 of collectively bargaining for wages, hours, other working conditions and benefits without
7 fear of reprisal. The bill would exempt farms under a certain size and with a limited number
8 of employees.
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