An Act To Avoid Conflicts of Interest in State Government Labor Relations
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §979-A, sub-§7 is enacted to read:
7. Supervisor. "Supervisor" means a state employee not excepted from being included in a bargaining unit who has been authorized by the public employer to exercise supervisory authority over other state employees.
Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §979-E, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4. Conflicts of interest. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee organization may not serve as a bargaining agent for both a bargaining unit composed entirely of supervisors and a bargaining unit composed in whole or in part of state employees who are subject to supervision by one or more members of the supervisor bargaining unit.
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This bill prohibits a bargaining agent from representing a bargaining unit composed entirely of supervisors employed by the State and a bargaining unit that contains state employees supervised by members of the supervisor bargaining unit.