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Committee weighs S.125 change to let judiciary supervisors seek collective bargaining; judiciary warns of disruption
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee on May 6 considered Section 5 of S.125, a proposal to remove the exclusion for judiciary supervisors from collective-bargaining eligibility. Judiciary officials warned the change could trigger contested hearings before the Vermont Labor Relations Board and operational disruption; unions said supervisors and frontline
On May 6 the House Judiciary Committee took testimony on Section 5 of S.125, which would remove the statutory exclusion of “supervisory employees” from the pool of employees eligible to organize and collectively bargain under the Judiciary Employee Labor Relations Act.
Sophie Zadakny of the Office of Legislative Counsel told the committee the proposed change “would extend the ability to organize and collectively bargain to judiciary supervisors.” Counsel noted the statutory definition of “supervisory employee” in the judiciary act is similar to definitions in the State Employees’ Labor Relations Act and the National Labor Relations Act, but Vermont has handled public-sector exclusions differently from the federal approach.
State court administration representatives told the panel the judiciary has four employees currently defined as supervisors and 24…
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