Legal Opinion
City of Biddeford Ex Rel. Board of Education v. Biddeford Teachers Ass'n
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 30, 1973PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
These two complaints necessitate our first examination of the provisions of the Municipal Employees Labor Relations Law, 26 M.R.S.A. Chap. 9-A, which was enacted by the Maine Legislature in 1969. The complaints direct our attention only to the application of the statute to teachers in the public schools.
In the fall of 1970 the Board of Education of the City of Biddeford and the representatives of the Biddeford Teachers Association entered into negotiations in an attempt to effect a contract for the professional services of teachers in the Biddeford public schools for the…
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