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Rep. Gina Galfetti introduces bill to extend municipal collective bargaining to support staff
Summary
Representative Gina Galfetti introduced H402 to extend collective bargaining rights within the Vermont Municipal Labor Relations Act to include municipal support staff in public safety and other municipal functions, while excluding supervisors. Sponsor said the measure is partially intended to be redundant if statewide Proposition 3 passes.
Representative Gina Galfetti introduced H402, an act amending the Vermont Municipal Labor Relations Act to clarify or extend collective‑bargaining eligibility to municipal support staff, including support staff in public safety departments.
Galfetti told the committee the bill is a constituent measure intended to widen the category of municipal employees eligible to organize and bargain collectively. She said the bill aims to include support staff while excluding supervisors from the bargaining unit.
Committee members noted the bill could overlap with pending statewide measures. Galfetti said the bill is in part a preemptive measure: if Proposition 3 (a statewide measure referenced during the hearing) passes, H402 could be redundant. She also said the bill as drafted would take effect July 1 of the year specified in the short form.
No testimony or fiscal analyses were provided during the introduction, and no formal vote or amendment occurred in the meeting. Galfetti and committee members agreed the language could be refined if the committee takes up the bill, particularly to align with the outcome of any voter action on Proposition 3.
