Maine § 26 §1287 Determination of bargaining agent

Maine Statutes

§ 26 §1287 — Determination of bargaining agent

Maine § 26 §1287

Title 26LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Ch. 14JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES LABOR RELATIONS ACT

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 26, § 26 §1287 (2026).

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1.Voluntary recognition. Any judicial employee organization may file a request with the public employer alleging that a majority of the judicial employees in an appropriate bargaining unit wish to be represented for the purpose of collective bargaining between the public employer and the employees' organization. The request must describe the grouping of jobs or positions that constitute the unit claimed to be appropriate and must include a demonstration of majority support. The request for recognition may be granted by the public employer. 1-A. Majority sign-up. If a request by a judicial employee organization for recognition pursuant to subsection 1 is not granted by the public employer, the executive director or the executive director's designee shall examine the demonstration of suppor

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1.
Voluntary recognition.
Any judicial employee organization may file a request with the public employer alleging that a majority of the judicial employees in an appropriate bargaining unit wish to be represented for the purpose of collective bargaining between the public employer and the employees' organization. The request must describe the grouping of jobs or positions that constitute the unit claimed to be appropriate and must include a demonstration of majority support. The request for recognition may be granted by the public employer.
1-A.
Majority sign-up.
If a request by a judicial employee organization for recognition pursuant to subsection 1 is not granted by the public employer, the executive director or the executive director's designee shall examine the demonstration of support. If the executive director or the executive director's designee finds that a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining have signed valid authorizations designating the employees' organization specified in the petition as their bargaining representative and that no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit, the board may not direct an election but shall certify the employees' organization as the representative. However, if the majority status of the employees in the appropriate unit is in question, the executive director or the executive director's designee shall call an election to determine whether the organization represents a majority of the members in the bargaining unit.
2.
Elections.
The executive director, or the executive director's designee, pursuant to subsection 1‑A, or upon signed petition of at least 30% of a bargaining unit of judicial employees that they desire to be represented by an organization, shall conduct a secret ballot election to determine whether the organization represents a majority of the members of the bargaining unit. The election may be conducted at suitable work locations or through the United States mail, and the procedures adopted and employed by the board must ensure that neither the employee organizations nor the management representatives involved in the election have access to information that would identify a voter.
3.
Voting.