https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/02/28/right-to-work-coming-to-maine/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 23:56:35 -0400<![CDATA[That&#8217;s the plan, at least.  The current situation in Maine is as follows: people don&#8217;t have to belong to a union to work, but non-union employees (both private and public sector) may still have to pay the unions a &#8216;service fee.&#8217; This supposedly represents the recouping of the cost of unions &#8216;representing&#8217; non-union members in labor disputes &#8211; whether or not the non-union members wanted to be part of the labor dispute in the first place &#8211; and it&#8217;s a common feature in contract negotiations in Maine.  There&#8217;s legislation going through the state legislature right now to close that loophole; new Maine governor Paul LePage (R) is enthusiastically supporting it.]]>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:30:34 -0500<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/02/28/right-to-work-coming-to-maine-n38125