Right-to-Work: The Freedom Maine Deserves
This year, lawmakers in Augusta will once-again consider right-to-work legislation in the form of LD 489, a bill which would prohibit any person from being forced to join a union […]
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Release: MHPC on Verso Paper Closure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2014 PORTLAND, Maine – The Maine Heritage Policy Center, Maine’s preeminent free-market think tank, released the following statement on today’s announcement that Verso Paper of […]
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Your Freedom to Work
Because Maine is not a Right-to-Work state, your freedom to leave your union is restricted, but you still have options to leave or reduce your union membership. The first option is to […]
Read More →Right-to-Work Fails in New Hampshire
Just moments ago, the New Hampshire House attempted to override Gov. Lynch’s veto on Right-to-Work. Unfortunately, the veto override failed 240-139, a mere 14 votes shy of the needed two-thirds. […]
Read More →Right-to-Work Research
Recently I came across two interesting studies on the economic impact of right-to-work laws. The author of both of these studies is W. Robert Reed who, at the time, was […]
Read More →New Hampshire Inches Closer to Right-to-Work
Today the New Hampshire House voted to send the Senate version of the Right-to-Work bill to Gov. Lynch. The Governor has 5 days to sign it or let it become […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire XIII: Right-to-Work
More bad new for Maine’s economy . . . New Hampshire is close to becoming a right-to-work state: The New Hampshire Senate voted 16-8 to pass a right-to-work bill this […]
Read More →Maine versus New Hampshire XII: Right-to-Work
The Union Leader is reporting that the New Hampshire House of Representatives has just passed a right-to-work bill 221 to 131. Currently, 22 states have right-to-work laws and none in […]
Read More →New Hampshire versus Rhode Island
There is a lot of chatter on the internet about Amity’s article revolving around how comparing Maine and New Hampshire is bogus. Well, after considering these arguments, I wonder how […]
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