§1804.__Unlawful agreements, understanding or practice

Any written or oral agreement, understanding or practice between an employer and a labor organization in violation of this chapter is unlawful, void and unenforceable.

§1805.__Notice to be posted

Every employer shall post and keep continuously displayed the following notice in the employer's business establishment or premises where it may be readily seen by all employees and shall furnish a copy of the notice to each employee at the time the employee is hired or is reemployed or reinstated after any period of lapse in the employee's employment status:

"Under the law of the State of Maine, employees are protected in the exercise of their free choice to join or refrain from joining labor unions, and it is unlawful for an employer and a labor union to enter into a contract or agreement requiring employees to join or remain members of a labor union, or requiring them to pay dues, fees or charges of any kind to a labor union as a condition of obtaining or keeping a job.__Under the law, an employer may not discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because of the employee joining a labor union or because of the employee's refusal to join, pay dues, fees or other charges to a labor union."

§1806.__Penalty

Any person, employer, labor organization or agent or representative of an employer or labor organization who directly or indirectly imposes upon a person any requirement prohibited by this chapter is guilty of a Class E crime.

§1807.__Injunctive relief

A person damaged as a result of a violation or threatened violation of this chapter is entitled to injunctive relief against all violators or persons threatening violation and may also recover all damages of any character, resulting from the violation or threatened violation, cognizable at common law.__ These remedies are independent of and in addition to the penalties and remedies prescribed in other provisions of this chapter.

§1808.__Attorney General to investigate any complaint