As is true during most sessions of the Virginia General Assembly, several bills are winding their way through the legislature that construction professionals and their attorneys should keep an eye on.
Here is a list of some key ones with a brief description (to get a full picture and status of the respective bill, I recommend that you read the actual LIS description and the text of the bill as linked below):
SB426: Fair share fees. Authorizes an employer, pursuant to an agreement between the employer and a labor union or labor organization, to require as a condition of employment any employee who is not a member of such labor union or labor organization and is a member of a collective bargaining unit, where the labor union or labor organization is the exclusive representative of the members of the collective bargaining unit, to pay a fair share fee to compensate the labor union or labor organization for the costs of representing the nonmember employee. The House of Delegates analog to this bill is HB358.
UPDATE: This bill has been passed by indefinitely in Senate committee.
