$250k is probably what they would have spent on anti-union consultants for a few stores.

This is my first year here in this state and I just bought some syrup. It’s absolutely amazing 🙏

> Who’s stopping you from getting chickens

Did you even read the post?

Your best "wedge" to crack this situation is to research the traditional meaning of "livestock" under Maine and US common law, and see if it includes chickens.

I don’t understand how, you bought land from someone, so it’s no longer their land. It has restrictions on the deed, because the prior land owner put them there, but he no longer owns the land. One would think that you could have the restrictions removed considering he’s no longer involved. Seems a bit on side of being crazy.

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Lol, it’s kind of funny.

I never said it was a bad thing that people want to be in unions. I’ve been in two IAM locals and I’m in USW now.

I was trying to get at the fact that the expectations of some are waaaaay higher than they should be

And yet the union movement is growing. Why? Because government is clearly not going to do shit to protect workers, so workers are turning back to unions. Because slow progress feels better than no progress.

I stand corrected; that happened about a month ago. Figured that would have made the news/social media rounds like the story of them loosing them did

They quite literally left off the CBA as a paid benefit though. There is no labor law stating any that has to be paid by a private employer; only time off given without penalty. I’m not saying it wasnt a real dick move to take those benefits, just to be clear.

This article states it was straight up forgotten. Every other article makes statements of negotiation which means a memorandum of agreement was drafted and signed which means it wasn’t on the original contract because someone fucked up

I sit in on similar meets a few times a month as a union employee, for what it’s worth.

~table syrup~

Union workers and union shops come in all types. It's not just highly skilled trades that require or benefit from unions. The service industry was LONG overdue for unionization given the low pay and abuse of workers.

This is such wonderful news, and great for the union movement. I hope more service industry places unionize and we keep this momentum going.

We need employee customer partnership unions. Somebody tell me if this concept already exists. Each employee or union organizes a pledge of sympathetic customers in the local area that agree to boycott a brand or location as a silent strike. When the union or employee organization votes for a customer strike then the group of pledged customers will not shop, buy or engage with service from the company the employees work for. Because most customers are workers too and the company strategy is a divide and conquer for profit deal. I remember Market Basket had a strike and the sympathetic customer boycotted the stores and it really worked.

We just built a house 2 years ago. Originally, we were looking at private lots on private roads with HOAs. Our real estate agent said, if at all possible, to avoid property with covenants attached to a deeded property. Reason being: its damn near impossible to get them removed unless the original conveyors agreed to have them removed and then the deed needs to be re-written.

That's great that you have the option. I think it has become a standard addition for any subdivision. He definitely knows the covenants but not sure how much he will push the enforcement of it

I won't be surprised if it comes down to it

>who’s CBA allowed them to be stripped of PTO for jury duty, bereavement and military service.

This is false. The Hospital tried to take them away then gave them back (including retroactively) because it was blatantly a violation of labor law for them to take those benefits.

The whole ADU is a cluster pie for sure!!

I’m on my local planning board re-writing some ordinances to comply with state law.

Interesting enough it’s not as bad as it looks at first, it’s mostly dealing with housing density.

Hopefully they pass an amendment that LD2003 will only impact towns with less than 10,000 population

As well as any fees (attorney, county , town ?)

All good reasons to unionize, but also damn good reasons to close a business. I don't see it being reasonable to be able to force a failed business location staying open by having a union vote.

The next time you're at any place serving food, be sure to tell the folks preparing your food about your opinions on the matter.

You need a lawyer.

Interested in what shakes out here, as my family also has a property with a deed restriction that my father believes will prevent us from building an ADU despite the recent state law overriding the existing municipal code restrictions.

Citation please. I never heard this tale of the Crooker family.