STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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JOINT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE HOPE FOR A SWIFT
CONCLUSION TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MAINE SERVICE
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
WHEREAS, the State, in conjunction with the Maine Service Employees Association,
engaged The Segal Group, Inc. to conduct a comprehensive market assessment of the State's
executive branch jobs; and
WHEREAS, the study covered market data reflective of 10 public sector employers as
well as New England private sector market data, including base pay ranges and compensation
practices; and
WHEREAS, the study found that the State's base pay is consistently below the market
average at the pay range minimum, midpoint and maximum, with the gap ranging from 13
percent to 17 percent of the overall market average; and
WHEREAS, the Maine Service Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service
Employees International Union, represents more than 12,000 Maine workers; and
WHEREAS, the contract renewal process for these workers is currently underway, and
there is an opportunity for the pay gap to be addressed; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Legislature now
assembled in the First Special Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take this
opportunity to express our hope for a swift conclusion to the negotiations with Local 1989 of
the Service Employees International Union and our hope that progress is made on closing the
pay gap highlighted in the recent study.
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