APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 20, 2023 240
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
_____
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
_____
S.P. 784 - L.D. 1922
An Act to Allow Bargaining Agents for Public Sector Unions to Merge
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §967, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
3. Merger of bargaining agents. Two or more bargaining agents who are certified
by the executive director of the board and who are members or affiliates of the same public
employee organization may elect to merge. Bargaining agents seeking to merge shall file
with the executive director of the board, or a designee, a petition describing the proposed
merger. On receipt of a petition under this subsection, the executive director of the board
shall conduct an election among the employees represented by the petitioning bargaining
agents in which the only question on the ballot is the proposed merger of the bargaining
agents. On an affirmative vote of the majority of the employees represented by each
petitioning bargaining agent, the executive director of the board shall order the merger.
After a merger is ordered, the parties to a contract in which one party to that contract is one
of the merged bargaining agents shall honor the terms of the contract unless the public
employer and the merged bargaining agent agree to different terms.
Page 1 - 131LR2469(03)