Tremblay v. Berlin Police Union

The “right of public employees to join or become members of labor unions is becoming increasingly recognized.” American Federation of State &c. Employees v. Keene, 108 N. H. 68, 69. See Anderson, Legal Aspects of Collective Bargaining in Public Employment, in Developments in Public Employee Relations: Legislative, Judicial, Administrative, 128 (Warner ed. 1965). The corresponding right of a municipality to enter into a collective bargaining contract with a labor union has been recognized by statute since the enactment of Laws 1955, ch. 255. Manchester v. Guild, 100 N. H. 507, 511. That…