New Keene Police Contract Highly visible road signs along with a letter-writing campaign helped unionized Keene police officers win a new contract in late January.
Police have no contract.
Please drive safely. What had been fairly tough negotiations hit a bump when a city councilor showed up for bargaining session scheduled for Jan. 16. Union representatives didn't mind, but he city manager postponed the session. A dozen signs soon graced various locations around the Cheshire County city, and citizens began to wonder why the police had been working without a new contract since July 1, 2000. Stories about the signs and labor dispute appeared in the newspapers on Jan. 18.