Classification of appropriate bargaining units

  1. Law
  2. US Virgin Islands Code
  3. Labor
  4. Public Employee Labor Relations
  5. Classification of appropriate bargaining units

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  • (a) Each bargaining unit, including the bargaining units organized and represented by a labor union on the date of enactment of the act creating this chapter, shall be classified as belonging to one of the following classes:

    • CLASS I.Units consisting of employees who perform services in which work stoppage may be sustained for extended periods without serious effects on the health and safety of the public. CLASS II.Units consisting of employees who perform services in which work stoppage may be sustained for a limited period of time but not an extended period of time without serious effects on the health and safety of the public. CLASS III.Units consisting of employees who perform services in which work stoppage may not be sustained for even the shortest period of time without serious effects on the health and safety of the public. The PERB shall designate bargaining units as Class I and Class II, and may recommend to the Governor and the Legislature that a bargaining unit be classified Class III. No bargaining unit shall be classified as Class III except by a declaration of law. Any bargaining unit recommended by the PERB for classification as Class III shall be considered classified as Class II until and unless a law shall have been enacted declaring such bargaining unit classified as Class III.

  • (b) Any unit or units consisting of police officers, corrections officers, firemen, prison guards, harbor pilots, or other persons employed to protect the public safety and welfare and/or protect the property of a public employer is/are hereby classified Class III.

  • (c) Any unit or units consisting of public employees who maintain and operate equipment used in the production of water and power is/are hereby classified Class III.

  • (d) Any unit or units consisting of physicians is/are hereby classified Class III.


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