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Senate walkthrough of S.264 would extend collective-bargaining coverage to assistant attorneys general
Summary
Senators and legislative staff reviewed S.264, which adds the Office of the Attorney General into the State Employee Labor Relations Act to allow assistant attorneys general to organize and pursue collective bargaining; the bill delegates most implementation details to the Vermont Labor Relations Board and raises unresolved fiscal and unit-structure questions.
Senate Committee on Government Operations members on Feb. 10 reviewed S.264, a draft bill that would explicitly bring assistant attorneys general under the State Employee Labor Relations Act and allow those employees to seek certification of bargaining units.
“S.264 is a new iteration on a bill and a concept that have been around for several years now,” said Senator Casey Robinsfield, one of the bill’s lead sponsors. Robinsfield said the measure’s purpose is to give AAGs the statutory permission to organize while leaving determinations about unit composition and exclusions to the Vermont Labor Relations Board.
Legislative staff member Sophie, who led a section-by-section walkthrough, said the draft inserts the Office of the Attorney General into…
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