AGEM News

• Card Check Flip-Flop - No more democratic secret ballots?

  The SEIU is a leading proponent of an organizing process known as “card check.” Rather than relying on the traditional method of a government monitored secret ballot, card check stipulates that if union representatives persuade more than 50 percent of the workers to sign a union authorization card, the employer can choose to recognize the union as the representative of 100 percent of the workforce.

  This method is susceptible to fraud and intimidation,...

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• Choose to Have Your Voice Heard!

  If you believe that state workers deserve a choice and that MSEA should prove their worth, then sign a decertification petition (showing of interest form)!

  We know that change is not easy and certainly doesn't come without some risks, but the alternative is complacency...

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• Decertification Forms are COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL!

  Many employees have voiced their concerns over whether MSEA would see who signed the decertification forms call "showing of interest" forms. The answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT. The only people who see these forms are the people who have collected them and the Maine Labor Relations Board (MLRB). The MLRB cannot disclose who signed the forms to any 3rd party entity.  MSEA will not know who signed the forms. read more...

• Next open enrollment for income protection insurance starts in April 2007!

  Did yo miss our last open enrollment? No need to worry - our next open enrollment will last from April 2007 until June 30th, 2007.
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• MSEA-SEIU paid-for phone survey reveals possible agenda

  ...We are concerned about one question in particular that asks whether you would support a bill that would give MSEA unadulterated access to your paycheck by having dues and service fees automatically deducted from your paycheck just like state and federal taxes.

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