Maine § 26 §979-D Obligation to bargain

Maine Statutes

§ 26 §979-D — Obligation to bargain

Maine § 26 §979-D

Title 26LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Ch. 9-BSTATE EMPLOYEES LABOR RELATIONS ACT

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 26, § 26 §979-D (2026).

Text

1.Negotiations. On and after January 1, 1975, it shall be the obligation of the public employer and the bargaining agent to bargain collectively. "Collective bargaining" means, for the purpose of this chapter, their mutual obligation:

2.Mediation.

3.Fact-finding.

4.Arbitration.

5.Costs. The costs for the services of the mediator, the members of the fact-finding board and of the neutral arbitrator or arbitrators including, if any, per diem expenses, and actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses and the costs of hiring the premises where any mediation, fact-finding or arbitration proceedings are conducted, must be shared equally by the parties to the proceedings. All other costs must be assumed by the party incurring them.

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1.
Negotiations.
On and after January 1, 1975, it shall be the obligation of the public employer and the bargaining agent to bargain collectively. "Collective bargaining" means, for the purpose of this chapter, their mutual obligation:
2.
Mediation.
3.
Fact-finding.
4.
Arbitration.
5.
Costs.
The costs for the services of the mediator, the members of the fact-finding board and of the neutral arbitrator or arbitrators including, if any, per diem expenses, and actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses and the costs of hiring the premises where any mediation, fact-finding or arbitration proceedings are conducted, must be shared equally by the parties to the proceedings. All other costs must be assumed by the party incurring them.

Legislative History

PL 1973, c. 774 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 564, §§32-34 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 501, §3 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 289 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 785, §B117 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 33 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 596, §N4 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 622, §O9 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 741, §§6,7 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 741, §12 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 553, §18 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 601, §5 (AMD). RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. E, §§61, 62 (COR).