The Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA, formerly Maine State Employees Association) is a public-sector trade union in the U.S. state of Maine.[1] MSEA has been part of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 1989) since 1988, although it formed earlier.[2] Its newspaper is called the Maine Stater.[3] In 2020, MSEA SEIU 1989 voted to change their name from "Maine State Employees Association" to "Maine Service Employees Association."[4]
As of 2025, MSEA represents about 10,000 workers in four Maine state government bargaining units: Administrative services; operations, maintenance, and support services; professional-technical services; and supervisory services.[5] Based on total membership, it is the largest labor union for state employees.[6]
In November 2025, MSEA filed a complaint with the Maine Labor Relations Board against Governor Janet Mills' administration, accusing the Mills administration of bad-faith bargaining in executive branch contract negotiations.[7] The union claimed the administration's violations include prematurely declaring impasse, regressive bargaining, and otherwise engaging in behavior designed to frustrate the collective bargaining process.[8]
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edit- ↑ Maine, Susan Cover. "Union accuses Mills administration of bargaining in bad faith". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ Waddington, Jeremy (2005). Restructuring Representation: The Merger Process and Trade Union Structural Development in Ten Countries. Peter Lang. pp. 303–. ISBN 9789052012537. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ↑ Pizzigati, Sam; Solowey, Fred J. (1992). The New Labor Press: Journalism for a Changing Union Movement. Cornell University Press. pp. 82–. ISBN 9780875461908. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ↑ "Reflecting its breadth of membership, MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 changes name to Maine Service Employees Association – Maine Service Employees Association". www.mseaseiu.org. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
- ↑ Reed, Russ (2025-11-25). "Maine union files labor complaint against Mills administration". WMTW. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ Miller, Kevin (2025-11-24). "State employees union files complaint against Mills administration over negotiations". Maine Public. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ Hilton, AnnMarie (2025-11-24). "State workers union files complaint accusing Mills administration of negotiating in bad faith • Maine Morning Star". Maine Morning Star. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ Reed, Russ (2025-11-25). "Maine union files labor complaint against Mills administration". WMTW. Retrieved 2026-04-14.