Berry & Berry, PLLC, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, security clearance, retirement and private sector employee matters.
By John V. Berry, Esq.
Recently, on October 16, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the process for collective bargaining for a significant number of Fairfax county employees.
Many Northern Virginia communities have begun the process of implementing collective bargaining following the Virginia General Assembly’s repeal of a state ban on such agreements in 2020. Arlington County and the City of Alexandria have also enacted collective bargaining agreements for their employees. The move will affect a majority of county employees, and Fairfax appears to have modeled their ordinance, to some extent, on the Arlington County ordinance from July of 2021.
In the ordinance, Fairfax County authorized potential unions for all employees except seasonal/temporary employees, confidential employees, interns, managers/supervisors, and a few other categories of employees. Eligible employees would be organized into three bargaining units of police, fire/emergency medical services, and those employed in the general government category.
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