Judy Taylor Studios
The labor mural that Maine Governor Paul LePage took down this year.
"What Republicans did to the public employees unions in Wisconsin this year was almost disguised, really, compared to what's happening in Maine right now. In Wisconsin, they reduced the value of belonging to a union by taking away collective bargaining rights, while at the same time making employees more aware of paying for union membership by ending the automatic deduction of dues from their checks.
In Maine, the state legislature has revised a bill that would make membership in a public-employees union optional. They call it "right to work," and there's no finer way to siphon power from unions and drive wages down -- that's why business interests want these laws and union workers hate them. Indiana Republicans gave up on a "right to work" bill this year rather than pick this particular fight."
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