Vermont § 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 the right to refrain from any
  or all such activities, except to the extent that such right may be affected by an
  agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment
  as authorized in subsection 1621(a) of this title. An employee who exercises the right not to join the labor organization representing
  the employee’s certified unit pursuant to section 1581 of this title shall, subject to subsection (b) of this section, pay the agency fee to the representative
  of the bargaining unit in the same manner as employees who pay membership fees to
  the representative. The labor organization agrees to indemnify and hold the employer
  harmless from any and all claims stemming from the implementation or administration
  of the agency fee. (b) A labor organization shall not charge the agency fee unless it has established and
  maintained a procedure to provide nonmembers with: (1) An audited financial statement that identifies the major categories of expenses and
  divides them into chargeable and nonchargeable expenses. (2) An opportunity to object to the amount of the agency fee sought and to place in escrow
  any amount reasonably in dispute. (3) Prompt arbitration by an arbitrator selected jointly by the objecting fee payer and
  the labor organization or pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association
  to resolve any objection over the amount of the agency fee. The costs of arbitration
  shall be paid by the labor organization. (Added 1967, No. 198, § 3; amended 2013, No. 37, § 14, eff. June 30, 2013; 2017, No. 74, § 56.)