Supporters try to win votes for union bill (Maine)

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In Maine, a nearly two-year campaign is aimed largely at convincing Sens. Snowe and Collins to back the bill.

PORTLAND — Organized labor is keeping the pressure on Maine's congressional delegation to support a bill that would make it easier to form unions in workplaces.

The Change That Works campaign, funded by the Service Employees International Union and other labor groups, has been holding news conferences around the state to highlight the Employee Free Choice Act.

Speakers offered examples of alleged employer intimidation in union organizing drives in Maine. They said the measure would reduce workplace conflict and help the economy.

The event was the latest installment in a nearly two-year campaign, aimed largely at Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, to win passage of the controversial bill.

Snowe and Collins, both Republicans, oppose the measure, but labor supporters said they hope that Snowe especially could be persuaded to change her mind.

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=259647&ac=PHnws

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