Labor Relations Board Hears

  UVM Case

On Monday March 3rd the State Labor Relations Board held a
hearing on the question of providing benefits to the domestic
partners of University of Vermont employees. The case, which
began over two years ago, has the support of the Faculty Grie-
vance Committee of the University, though not the administra-
tion. President Thomas Salmon and the administration have
fought against providing benefits, arguing among other things
that there are not the resources available to do so.

The Labor Relations Board has no set time frame for making a
decision. Whether they decide in favor or against providing ben-
efits, that decision is expected to be appealed to the State Su-
preme Court.

A number of universities around the country do provide benefits
for domestic partners of employees, including the University of
Iowa and the University of Chicago. Harvard University has just

started to consider the issue. V

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