A peaceful demonstration outside the bangor federal building on thursday focused on an effort to change union labor laws...
A group called Food and Medicine is supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. Members say it will help protect workers rights.
The group says people have been hearing a lot of misinformation about the issue and it's time to set the record straight.
Members say it's important for workers at Wal*Mart and other non-union companies to be able to form unions so they can negotiate for better deals with their employers.
"It's important because we stand for rights and protection and democracy in America." Said University labor educator Bill Murphy on Thursday. "And we have democracy through the political process. It's also important to have it on the job. And organizing a union provides workers with that important opportunity."
The group also delivered petitions to Senator Susan Collins' office asking her to support the Employee Free Choice Act.
Organizers of the protest say she supported a filibuster on the act and is now echoing the lines of the current anti-union ads.
They're urging her to change her position.
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