§ 3606. Bargaining unit
(a) The bargaining unit shall be composed of licensed home child care providers, registered home child care providers, and legally exempt child care providers, as defined in this chapter, who have an agreement with the Department to accept a subsidy.
(b) Early care and education providers may select an exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining by using the procedures in sections 3607 and 3608 of this chapter.
(c) The exclusive representative of the early care and education providers is required to represent all of the providers in the unit without regard to membership in the union. (Added 2013, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 5, 2014.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 36 - Early Care and Education Providers Labor Relations Act
§ 3603. Establishment of collective bargaining
§ 3604. Rights of early care and education providers
§ 3607. Petitions for election; filing; investigations; hearings; determinations
§ 3608. Election; runoff elections
§ 3609. Powers of representatives
§ 3610. Negotiated agreement; funding
§ 3611. Mediation; fact-finding; last best offer
§ 3612. General duties and prohibited conduct
§ 3618. Automatic membership dues deduction
§ 3619. Annual list of early care and education providers in bargaining unit