Maine court orders firm to reassign worker over union dues
A Maine judge ruled Oxford Paper Co must seek a non union job for Clarita Michaud before discharge to respect her Seventh day Adventist beliefs. The court said the company must show undue hardship if she remains in her current role and contributes to union dues.
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Augusta
Maine
Superior Court
Lewis I. Naiman
Oxford Paper Co
Rumford
Clarita Michaud
Michaud
United Paperworkers International Union
Afl-Cio
Couny
Attorne Ie 9A
Apple Union
Commission
Maine Education Funding Plan Faces Fresh Vote Next Week
Augusta Maine AP The Education Finance Commission delays final choice on recommendations to the legislature amid a 50 50 split. Senator Carson notes indecision while Senator Huber pushes for a dollar per pupil cap and state funded basic amounts. Whittaker backs a revised law tying state aid to local spending with tighter controls.
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Augusta
Maine
Education Finance Commission
Legislative Drafting Office
Neil C. Carson
R-Madison
David G. Huber
R-Falmouth
Commission
Frederick Whittaker
Bangor Theological Seminary
Whittaker
Conflict Defeats Longley Nominee for MGA Post
Maine Executive Council votes 4 to 3 to reject Ray E. Lamoreau of Presque Isle for the Maine Guarantee Authority amid conflict of interest concerns. Lamoreau owed up to 200000 for potato sales. he also sits in a sugar beet coop that bought a refinery from a firm with MGA loans. Longley defends that bankers and attorneys on MGA board regularly disqualify themselves when conflicts arise.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Executive Council
Ray E. Lamoreau
Presque Isle
Maine Guarantee Authority
MGA
John Robinson
Aaron Levine
Waterville
Charles Abbott
Auburn
Lamoreau
Sugar Beet Growers’ Cooperative
Aroostook County
Longley
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