An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0187
Committee: Labor
Sponsors: MORRIS
Amends: 26 MRSA §600-C, 26 MRSA §963, 26 MRSA §979-B, 26 MRSA §1023, 26 MRSA §1283

Legislative Document
No. 187
H.P. 120
House of Representatives, January 14, 2025
An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory 
Service Fees on Nonmembers
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MORRIS of Turner.
Cosponsored by Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney, DRINKWATER of Milford, 
GREENWOOD of Wales, LANCE of Paris, LIBBY of Auburn, PAUL of Winterport.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  26 MRSA §600-C is enacted to read:
§600-C.  Labor organization representation service fee for nonparticipants prohibited
An employee who has refrained from joining or participating in the activities of an 
organization that is the bargaining agent for the employee for the purposes of representation 
and collective bargaining may not be required to pay to the organization a service fee that 
represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures that are germane to the 
organization's representational activities.
Sec. 2.  26 MRSA §963, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §2, is amended to 
read:
2.  Not join a union.  Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of 
organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an 
employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the 
employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures 
that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
Sec. 3.  26 MRSA §979-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §6, is amended 
to read:
2.  Not join a union.  Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of 
organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an 
employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the 
employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures 
that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
Sec. 4.  26 MRSA §1023, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §10, is amended 
to read:
2.  Not join a union.  Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of 
organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an 
employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the 
employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures 
that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
Sec. 5.  26 MRSA §1283, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §15, is amended 
to read:
2.  Not join a union.  Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of 
organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an 
employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the 
employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures 
that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
SUMMARY
Current law authorizes an organization that serves as a bargaining agent to charge 
employees who are represented by but are not members of the organization a service fee 
for expenditures related to representation.  This bill removes that authorization.