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(4) '''Attacking Workers' Rights'''- The MHCP is adamantly opposed to labor unions, "and actively seeks to curtail union rights in Maine." MHCP "supported two pieces of legislation aimed at undermining union power: LD 786, "An Act to Ensure the Voluntary Membership of Public Employees in Unions," and LD 831, "An Act to Prohibit Mandatory Membership in a Union or Payment of Agency Fees and as a Condition of Employment."<ref name="report"/> The MHCP advocates for "right to work" legislation, and in 2011 issued a report entitled "the Case for Right-to-Work in Maine: Examing the Evidence in Oklahoma." The report was allegedly "based on questionable data from Oklahoma."<ref name="report"/>
==Ties to the State Policy Network==
BIPPS is a member of the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN) and has received funding from SPN (see below). {{About_SPN}}
==Ties to the Koch Brothers==
==Funding==
The Maine Heritage Policy Center does not disclose its donors, but some of its funding sources are known through other tax filings. MHPC's known funders include:
*[[Adolph Coors Foundation]]: $25,000 (2015)*Austin Community Foundation: $10,000 (2010)*Boeschenstein Family Foundation: $1,500 (2018)
*[[Castle Rock Foundation]]: $25,000 (2009)<ref name="report">Maine's Majority Education Fund and the Center for Media and Democracy, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/183614961/ME-Maine-Heritage-Policy-Center# "Fooling Maine: How National Conservative Groups Infiltrated Maine Politics by Founding and Funding the Maine Heritage Policy Center"], Report, November 2013.</ref>
*[[Cato Institute]]: $50,000 (2006)<ref name="report"/>*[[Charles Koch Institute]]: $7,500 (2014)*[[Donors Capital Fund]]: [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust_and_Donors_Capital_Fund_Grant_Recipients $2,380082,981] 481 (2005-20152016)<ref name="report"/>*[[DonorsTrust]]: $759,500 000 (2010-2018)<ref name="report"/>*[[Jaquelin Hume Foundation]]: $135,000 (2007-2011)<ref name="report"/>*[[JM Foundation]]: $45,000 (2004-2007)<ref name="report"/>*John E. & Sue M Charitable Trust: $113,559 (2010-2017)*Maine Community Foundation: $383,500 (2010-2018)*Neal and Jane Freeman Foundation: $67107,000 (2003-20112018)<ref name="report"/>*[[Roe Foundation]]: $160285,000 (20052004-20122018)*[[State Policy Network]]: [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Contributions_of_the_State_Policy_Network $22170,000] (20072012-2018)<ref name="report"/>
==Core Financials==
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