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COOPER v. SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RY. CO.

635 A.2d 952 (1993)

Joseph E. COOPER, et al. v. SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 27, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Nadeau (orally), Highsaw, Mahoney & Clarke, P.A., Washington, DC, Craig J. Rancourt, Biddeford, for plaintiffs.

Anthony Derosby (orally), Charles Einsiedler, Jr., Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS, RUDMAN and DANA, JJ.

ROBERTS, Justice.

This case arises out of a dispute resulting from defendant Springfield Terminal Railway Company's practice of requiring certain employees, among them the plaintiffs (Employees), to qualify for new positions by training without pay. The Employees brought suit, claiming that Springfield Terminal's actions violated 26 M.R.S.A. § 629 (1988), which prohibits uncompensated work as a condition of securing or retaining employment.1...

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