H. Determine the standards of selection for employment and the standards of
service to be offered by the Nashua Police Department;
I, Exercise managerial policy as set forth in RSA 273-A:1, XI, and other
pertinent laws.
None of the rights, responsibilities, and prerogatives that are delegated to the
Commission by virtue of statute and Charter provisions and ordinances shall be subject to
the grievance procedure hereunder.
The foregoing Management Rights are set out for purposes of illustration and not
limitation; the Commission retains all such rights, powers, and authority not otherwise
specifically relinquished, restricted, or modified by the terms of this Agreement, whether
exercised or not.
ARTICLE 9
STRIKES AND WORK STOPPAGES
The Union shall not instigate, sponsor, or encourage any activity or action in
contravention of the provisions or intent of this Article.
No employee shall, alone or in concert, engage in, initiate, sponsor, support or direct a
strike, work stoppage, or refuse in the course of employment to perform assigned duties;
or withhold, curtail or restrict services or otherwise interfere with the operations of the
Department or encourage others to do so; or engage, or participate in any other form of
job action.
ARTICLE 10
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MEETINGS AND CONTRACTS
No more than three (3) representatives of the Union shall be designated to attend
collective bargaining meetings with the Commission or its representatives. No essential
employee shall attend negotiating meetings who are normally scheduled for duty during
the time the meeting is being held unless approved previously by the Bureau Commander
or designee.
No more than two (2) such representatives attending negotiating meetings shall be
employees who are normally scheduled for duty during the time the meeting is being held
unless authorized by the Chief of Police. No more than one (1) such representative
attending negotiation meetings shall be employees who are normally scheduled for duty
during the time the meeting is being held who are in the same bureau/division. If there is
only (1) employee who works in a bureau/division or due to vacations, illnesses, etc., and
the employee will be the only person available in a bureau/division for that date or the
