CODE OF VIRGINIA PROHIBITION AGAINST COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (ยง 40.1-57.2) No state, county, municipal, or like governmental officer, agent or governing body is vested with or possesses any authority to recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of any public officers or employees, or to collectively bargain or enter into any collective bargaining contract with any such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to them or their employment or service. HISTORY: 1993, cc. 868, 879.