Milton Education & Support Ass'n v. Milton Board of School Trustees

¶ 1. The Mflton 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…