NORTH HAVERHILL — Seeking to close what they say are “pay inequities” with other county employees, members of the Grafton County Sheriff’s Office have voted to join Teamsters Local 633 in Manchester.
In doing so, the office has become the second department of county workers to form a collective bargaining pact under the umbrella of a powerful national labor union.
The New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board this week certified Teamsters Local 633, of Manchester, as the designated collective bargaining representative for 24 Sheriff’s Office employees. Sheriff’s Office employees now join certain employees of the county nursing home as the only Grafton County employees to be unionized.
Official union affiliation was designated after “a majority of the eligible voters who cast their ballots” voted in favor of joining the Manchester Teamster chapter, the Labor Relations Board said. Although the ballot is secret and the precise number is not known, Teamsters Local 633 said Sheriff’s Office employees “voted overwhelmingly” to join the union.
“We look forward to getting these workers a contract that provides them with the same strong protections they provide to Grafton County communities,” Jeffrey Padellaro, secretary-treasurer of Local 633, said in a news release.
The drive among Sheriff’s Office employees to unionize took on added incentive in the wake of last year’s budget cycle, when workers at the county jail and nursing home were given an extra $2-per-hour wage...
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