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State Labor Board Rules Andover Teachers Participated in Illegal Strike

In a decision that could upend any plans to disrupt the opening of school across Massachusetts, the state labor relations board ruled on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, that Andover teachers engaged in an unlawful strike when they refused to enter school buildings last week for training. The decision affirmed the Andover School Committee's position that [...]

CERB: City Required To Bargain Over Decision and Impact Of New Food Restrictions

You may recall from our June 2019 Advisor, that the Department of Labor Relations (DLR) in City of Boston, 45 MLC 126 (2019), issued a hearing officer decision that determined that the City’s new food guidelines for its operations room were not mandatory subjects of bargaining as they resulted in a mere inconvenience to employees. [...]

2020-01-22T12:17:36-05:00December 22nd, 2019|Categories: Blog, Employment|Tags: , , |

CERB Rules Dedham Teacher Strike Illegal

On October 25, 2019, Dedham teachers went on a one-day strike—the first strike in Massachusetts in over a decade—in violation of state law which prohibits public employees from striking. M.G.L. c. 150E § 9(a). (“No public employee or employee organization shall engage in a strike, and no public employee or employee organization shall induce, encourage [...]

2019-11-26T16:40:31-05:00November 2nd, 2019|Categories: Blog, Education|Tags: , , |

Bargaining And The Silent Observers Trend

An Employer May Refuse To Bargain Where There Is Ambiguity As To The Identity Of Bargaining Representatives As we continue to see a trend of Unions calling for Union observers to come in and pack the bargaining sessions, Employers should know that, absent ground rules to indicate otherwise, Unions cannot insist on having silent observers [...]

2019-11-27T15:57:53-05:00July 27th, 2019|Categories: Blog, Education, Employment|Tags: , , , |

Strong Management Rights Language Carries the Day at DLR

Union Waived Right to Bargain Over Changes To Position Hours When the defense is that the Union waived the right to bargain over a matter, it almost always proves futile because an Employer carries the difficult burden of proving that the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) “clearly, unequivocally and specifically authorizes its actions.” City of Springfield, [...]

2018-08-05T16:33:49-04:00February 5th, 2016|Categories: Blog, Employment|Tags: , , , |
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