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Working Vermont urges lawmakers to back organizing rights, prevailing wage changes and certified payrolls
Summary
David Mickenberg, speaking for Working Vermont, told the House Committee on General and Housing the coalition will press for a constitutional amendment to protect the right to organize, stronger prevailing-wage rules and tools to reduce worker misclassification, and described recent organizing-related legislation passed by the Legislature.
David Mickenberg, representing Working Vermont, told the House Committee on General and Housing on Jan. 23 that the statewide labor coalition will press lawmakers this session to advance several measures intended to strengthen organized labor and protect working Vermonters.
Mickenberg said Working Vermont’s 2025 priorities include sending a proposed constitutional amendment—Proposition 3, which would codify the state’s right to organize—to voters; tightening prevailing-wage rules on state-funded construction; steps to reduce worker misclassification; and continued attention to unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation. "We were heartened... Proposition passed 28 to nothing [in the Senate]," Mickenberg said of the previous-year vote, adding that the House vote was “127 to 8.”
Why it matters: Mickenberg framed the agenda as part of a broader effort to increase protections and…
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