Appeal of Strafford County Sheriff's Office & a.

The petitioners, the Strafford County Sheriffs Office and the Strafford County Board of Commissioners (collectively, the county), appeal an order of the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB), which found that the county committed an unfair labor practice by changing the terms and conditions of employment of Sheriffs Office employees during the period when the respondent, the New England Police Benevolent Association, Local 295 (union), was seeking certification of a bargaining unit that included those employees. We affirm.

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The following facts were found by the PELRB or…