§ 1504. General duties
§ 1504. General duties (a) All employers, their officers, agents, and employees or representatives shall exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, wages, hours of employment, and conditions of work, and to settle all disputes, whether arising out of the application of those agreements or growing out of […]
§ 1505. Application
§ 1505. Application This chapter shall not apply to any employer or any labor dispute which affects commerce within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, unless the National Labor Relations Board shall have ceded jurisdiction thereof to the Board pursuant to section 10(a) of the Act or shall have declined to […]
§ 1501. Title and declaration of policy
§ 1501. Title and declaration of policy (a) This chapter shall be known as the State Labor Relations Act. (b) It is the purpose and policy of this chapter to prescribe the legitimate rights of both employees and employers in their relations with each other, to provide orderly and peaceful procedures for preventing the interference […]
§ 1502. Definitions
§ 1502. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the State Labor Relations Board established under 3 V.S.A. § 921. (2) “Chair” means the Chair of the Board. (3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor. (4) “Collective bargaining” or “bargaining collectively” means the process of negotiating terms, tenure, or conditions of employment between […]
§ 1503. Rights of employees; mutual duty to bargain
§ 1503. Rights of employees; mutual duty to bargain (a) Employees shall have the right to self-organization; to form, join, or assist labor organizations; to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choice, and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall also have […]