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VOL. 11 NO. 239
LaCONIa, N.h.
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Police union argues commissioners abdicated their responsibility By michAel Kitch THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
CONCORD — Attorneys for the Laconia Patrolman Association and Laconia Police Commission filed briefs with the Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) last week addressing the breakdown of
contract talks when the City Council rejected a tentative collective bargaining agreement reached between the union and commission in February, 2010. Last August, the union charged the commission with failing to bargain in good faith and failing to maintain
the status quo by withholding “step” pay increases after the previous collective bargaining agreement expired on June 30, 2010. The status quo refers to the provision in the law stipulating that if a contract expires before its successor is ratified, its terms remain in force and
effect until a new agreement is reached. The union asks the PELRB to rule in its favor and order the commission to pay step increases. Prior to the expiration of the contract in June, the union and the commission, as the see uNION page 11
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Jacqueline and Dudley Laufman, also known as Two Fiddles, play at their home in Canterbury. Dudley has devoted his life’s work to calling traditional New England barn dances and has acheived national notoriety for his effort. He turned 80 earlier this year. (Laconia Daily Sun photo/Adam Drapcho)
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