Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-837 Public Employees; Employee Organization; Bargaining

• Library: Nebraska Revised Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-837

Public employees shall have the right to form, join, and participate in or to refrain from forming, joining, or participating in any employee organization of their own choosing. Public employees shall have the right to be represented by employee organizations to negotiate collectively with their public employers in the determination of their terms and conditions of employment and the administration of grievances arising thereunder.

Cite as Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-837

Source: Laws 1969, c. 407, § 7, p. 1410; Laws 1986, LB 258, § 7; Laws 1986, LB 1250, § 4; Laws 1987, LB 661, § 29. .

Under the provisions of Nebraska law, employees have not only a right to organize and be represented by a union but likewise have a right not to be organized and represented. Sheldon Station Employees Assn. v. Nebraska P.P.D., 202 Neb. 391, 275 N.W.2d 816 (1979).

A basic consideration in bargaining unit determination is whether a community of interest exists among the employees sufficient to warrant their inclusion in a single unit. American Assn. of University Professors v. Board of Regents, 198 Neb. 243, 253 N.W.2d 1 (1977).