State v. Maine State Employees Ass'n

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The Maine State Employees Association (the Union), as the certified bargaining unit for employees employed by the State of Maine, appeals a judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County) vacating the order of the Maine Labor Relations Board (the Board) that the State cease and desist from failing and refusing to negotiate about retirement benefits proposals. The Union challenges the Superior Court’s conclusion that by enactment of the retirement law, which sets out by number employee retirement benefits and eligibility requirements, the Legislature removed retirement…