The Public Employees Relations Board (PERB)

Mission

"The  protection of the  public health, safety and welfare demands that the  permanent members of any paid fire department or police department in any  municipality not be accorded the right to strike or engage in any work stoppage  or slowdown.  This necessary prohibition does not, however, require the  denial to such employees of other well-recognized rights of labor such as the  right to organize, to be represented by a collective bargaining representative  of their choice and the right to bargain collectively concerning wages, hours  and other terms and conditions of employment; and such employees shall also have the right to refrain from any and all such activities."