Title 26, Title 26

1. Voluntary recognition. A university, academy or community college employee organization may file a request with the university, academy or community colleges alleging that a majority of the university, academy or community college employees in an appropriate bargaining unit as…

1. Negotiations. It is the obligation of the university, academy, community college or state schools for practical nursing and the bargaining agent to bargain collectively. "Collective bargaining" means, for the purpose of this chapter, their mutual obligation: A. To meet at reas…

1. University, academy and community colleges; prohibitions. The university, its representatives and agents, the academy, its representatives and agents and the community colleges, their representatives and agents are prohibited from: A. Interfering with, restraining or coercing …

1. Rule making procedure. Proceedings conducted under this chapter shall be subject to the rules and procedures of the board promulgated under section 968, subsection 3. 2. Review of representation proceedings. Any person aggrieved by any ruling or determination of the executive …

1. Board power to prevent prohibited acts. The board is empowered, as provided, to prevent any person, the university, any university employee, any university employee organizations, the academy, any academy employees, any academy employee organizations, the community colleges, a…

1. Conduct of hearings. Hearings conducted by the board shall be informal and the rules of evidence prevailing in judicial proceedings shall not be binding. Any and all documentary evidence and other evidence deemed relevant by the board may be received. 2. Power of chair. The ch…

A collective bargaining agreement between the university, the academy or the community colleges and a bargaining agent may provide for binding arbitration as the final step of a grievance procedure but the only grievances which may be taken to such binding arbitration shall be di…

In any judicial proceeding brought under this chapter or to enforce any of the rights guaranteed by this chapter, any unincorporated employee organization may sue or be sued in the name by which it is known.

1. Court review. Either party may seek a review by the Superior Court of a binding determination by an arbitration panel. Such review shall be sought in accordance with the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 80B. 2. Determination final on questions of fact. In the absence of fr…

1. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the …

Either party to negotiations may publicize the parties' written initial collective bargaining proposals. No proposals may be publicized until 10 days after both parties have made their initial proposal.

If a contract between a public employer and a bargaining agent signed after October 1, 2005 expires prior to the parties' agreement on a new contract, the grievance arbitration provisions of the expired contract remain in effect until the parties execute a new contract. In any ar…

1. Bargaining agent access to employees. The university, academy or community college shall provide to a bargaining agent access to members of the bargaining unit that the bargaining agent exclusively represents. Access must include, but is not limited to, the following: A. The r…

During the interim after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement and before the effective date of any subsequent collective bargaining agreement, regular employees covered by the expired collective bargaining agreement remain eligible for and must receive step increas…