Case Title: Milton Educ. & Support Ass'n v. Milton Bd. of Sch. Trustees

Citation: 175 Vt. 531, 2003 VT 42, 824 A.2d 605

Docket Number: 

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 2003-04-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
Milton Educ. & Support Ass'n v. Milton Bd. of Sch. Trustees  (2001-018);
175 Vt. 531; 824 A.2d 605

2003 VT 42

[Filed 30-Apr-2003]

                                 ENTRY ORDER

                                 2003 VT 42

                      SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2001-018

                             NOVEMBER TERM, 2001

  Milton Education and Support         }	APPEALED FROM:
  Association	                       }
                                       }
       v.	                       }	Labor Relations Board
                                       }
  Milton Board of School Trustees      }
                                       }	DOCKET NO. 96-63

             In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       ¶  1.  The Milton Board of School Trustees (the school board)
  appeals a decision of the Vermont Labor Relations Board (the VLRB) holding
  that the school board committed an unfair labor practice when it contracted
  out custodial services formerly performed by employees without first
  bargaining with the Milton Education and Support Association (the
  association), the representative of the employees.  The school board argues
  that the VLRB erred in not deferring to a determination of the arbitrator,
  acting pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between the school
  board and the association, that the school board had the inherent
  management right to contract out the custodial work.  We affirm.

       ¶  2.  This is the second time that this case has been before us. 
  In Milton Educ. & Support Ass'n v. Milton Bd. of Sch. Trs., 171 Vt. 64,
  70-74,