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Vermont House adopts constitutional amendment to enshrine collective-bargaining rights
Summary
The Vermont House voted 129–8 to adopt a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to collectively bargain. The measure, approved in concurrence, must pass again in the next biennium and be ratified by voters (projected Nov. 2026) to become part of the constitution.
The Vermont House of Representatives on the floor adopted in concurrence a proposed constitutional amendment that would add a right to collectively bargain to the state constitution. The body approved the measure 129–8 after sustained debate and a roll-call vote.
Representative Lebowski, who presented the amendment on behalf of the House General and Housing Committee, said the proposal "would amend the constitution of the state of Vermont to provide that citizens of the state have a right to collectively bargain," and described the committee's 11–1 recommendation in favor. The reading added a new Article 23 guaranteeing employees the right to organize, bargain through an exclusive representative of their…
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