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F. Blacklisting of any employee organization or its members
for the purpose of denying them employment.; and

 
Sec. 13. 26 MRSA §1027, sub-§1, ¶G is enacted to read:

 
G.__Refusing to honor the terms and conditions of an expired
collective bargaining agreement that remain in effect
pursuant to section 1036.

 
Sec. 14. 26 MRSA §1027, sub-§2, ¶¶B and C, as amended by PL 1989, c.
443, §72 and PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. OO, §2 and affected by §4, are
further amended to read:

 
B. Refusing to bargain collectively with the university,
academy and community colleges as required by section 1026;
and

 
C. Engaging in:

 
(1) A work stoppage, slowdown or strike; and or

 
(2) The blacklisting of the university, academy or
community colleges for the purpose of preventing them
from filling employee vacancies.; and

 
Sec. 15. 26 MRSA §1027, sub-§2, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__Refusing to honor the terms and conditions of an expired
collective bargaining agreement that remain in effect until
the parties execute a new contract pursuant to section 1036.

 
Sec. 16. 26 MRSA §1036 is enacted to read:

 
§1036.__Continuation of terms and conditions

 
If a contract between the university, the academy or the
community colleges and a bargaining agent expires prior to the
parties' agreement on a new contract, the terms and conditions of
the expired contract remain in effect until the parties execute a
new contract.

 
Sec. 17. 26 MRSA §1284, sub-§1, ¶¶E and F, as enacted by PL 1983, c.
702, are amended to read:

 
E. Refusing to bargain collectively with the bargaining
agent of its employees, as required by section 1285; or

 
F. Blacklisting any employee organization or its members
for the purpose of denying them employment.; and


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