Appeal of State Employees' Association of New Hampshire, Inc., SEIU, Local 1984

The petitioner, the State Employees' Association of New Hampshire, Inc., SEIU, Local 1984 (Union), appeals an order of the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) finding that the respondent, the State of New Hampshire, did not commit an unfair labor practice by prospectively eliminating salary enhancements for newly hired Sununu Youth Services Center (SYSC) employees under the parties' collective bargaining agreement (CBA). We affirm.

The parties stipulated to, or the PELRB found, the following facts. The State operates the SYSC. The Union is the certified and exclusive…