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Senate approves bill to allow collective bargaining for most state and local public employees
Summary
The Virginia Senate voted 20-19 to approve SB 9 17, creating a new public employee collective bargaining framework that allows local and state workers to form exclusive representatives, sets out bargaining units and procedures, and prohibits strikes.
The Virginia Senate approved SB 9 17 on Tuesday, voting 20-19 to create a statewide framework allowing collective bargaining for state and local public employees.
The bill, carried on the floor by Senator Serval (Eastern Fairfax), authorizes a new public-employee bargaining structure that defines 17 potential bargaining units, sets rules for representation elections, requires employers to bargain in good faith, establishes an impasse process, and creates a public-employee board to oversee disputes. The bill specifically prohibits strikes and bars employer lockouts. Firefighters have a separate arbitration process and existing agreements are grandfathered.
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