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Committee walks through H.173, would grant higher-education employees right to strike
Summary
Committee heard a legal overview of H.173, which would carve out an exception allowing employees at Vermont State Colleges and the University of Vermont to strike. Legislative counsel explained existing state labor statutes and guardrails in other statutes.
The House General & Housing Committee on March 20, 2025, heard a walkthrough of H.173, a bill that would allow employees of the Vermont State Colleges and the University of Vermont to engage in strikes by carving out an exception from existing prohibitions in the State Employee Labor Relations Act.
Sophie Zadatny of the Office of Legislative Council summarized the bill's effect: the proposed statute would remove the prohibition on strikes for those higher-education employees and would also carve out an exception so that it would not be an unfair labor practice for an…
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