On February 22, 2016, Arbitrator Marc Greenbaum issued an injury leave award in favor of Mass Coaltion of Police and Rehoboth Police Lt. Bruce Dube. A copy of the Award is attached. Mass COPs case was presented and argued by Sandulli Grace Attorney Amy Laura Davidson....
Amy Laura Davidson
About Amy
Amy Laura Davidson has been practicing labor law since 1980. Prior to entering private practice, Amy served as an administrative law judge for the Labor Relations Commission for eight years where she enjoyed the unique vantage point of an adjudicator. The lessons learned there continue to serve her well as an advocate. After leaving the Commission, Amy worked as in-house counsel to the National Association of Government Employees/International Brotherhood of Police Officers for a couple of years. Her journeys ultimately lead to Sandulli Grace in 1992. She became a partner in 1993.
Amy has been representing police officers, fire fighters, teachers and other employees since 1988. She works vigorously to get the best results for her clients through negotiation and litigation. She has represented clients in front of state and federal labor agencies, at arbitration, in contract negotiations, and in state and federal court. Amy has a keen interest in all issues surrounding the provision of health insurance, a crucial employee benefit. She has been challenging cutbacks in insurance on behalf of clients since 1990 and has prevailed in every case she litigated. She also has been engaged in countless negotiations concerning insurance benefits, on behalf of individual unions and in coalition bargaining.
Amy has served as co-chair of the Mass Bar Association’s Annual Workshop for Public Sector Labor Relations since 1998. She was a member of the MBA Labor Liaison Committee that was instrumental in the enactment of legislation in 2007 designed to improve the efficiency of the Department of Labor Relations and the JLMC. In 2008, Governor Patrick appointed Amy to the Department of Labor Relations Advisory Council, a tri-partite group that oversees the operation of the agency. She served as chair of the Council from 2010 to 2013. Amy has led educational seminars at the Professional Firefighters Biennial Convention, the Massachusetts Teachers Association’s Annual Leadership Conference and MassCOP Educational Seminars. She also has lectured before annual meetings of the New England Consortium of Labor Relations Agencies.
In her spare time, Amy liked to run, spin and recently has taken up boxing. She completed ten marathons; four in Boston, four in New York, the Maine Marathon and the Marine Corps Marathon. She lives in Cambridge with her husband Gene and their three dogs.
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Amy’s Blog Posts
43rd Annual Workshop for Public Sector Labor Relations Specialists
On Saturday May 7th, the Boston Bar Association will be holding its 43rd Annual Workshop for Public Sector Labor Relations Specialists at Langdell Hall, Harvard Law School. The program is designed to familiarize lay people and attorneys who specialize in labor...
The Supreme Court Hands Down An Unexpected Public Sector Union Victory
An evenly divided Supreme Court upheld a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling supporting the right of public sector unions to collect fair share fees from employees they represent who are not members of the union. Friedrichs v. California Teachers...
Affordable Care Act’s Cadillac Tax on High Cost Health Plans has been Delayed Two Years
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (a/k/a “Obama Care”) contains a provision that would impose a 40% non-deductible tax on higher cost health plans. The tax was scheduled to go into effect in 2018 on plans whose total annual cost exceeds $10,200 for individual and $27,500...
Managers Will Suffer Pay Cuts if a Union Organizes Employees
Menards, a massive home improvement chain store, has an employment agreement for managers which imposes a substantial pay cut if the workers under their supervision organize a union. A section in the employment agreement titled “Union Activity” provides that a...
Right Wing Assault On Unions
National Right to Work Foundation (NRTW), a right wing think tank funded by large corporations, is on a mission to obliterate unions and collective bargaining in Massachusetts. It recently filed unfair labor practice charges against various teachers unions claiming...
Labor Relations Commission Finds that a Captain Should Be Included in a Superior Officers’ Bargaining Unit
On August 7, 2013 the Department of Labor Relations (DLR) issued a decision finding that the Captain in the Hudson Police Department ought to be included in a new bargaining unit of superior officers recently organized by Mass COP. Up until December 2012, the...
Massachusetts Public Employee Benefit Changes Under Pension Reform
On November 18, 2011 Governor Deval Patrick signed Chapter 176 of the Acts of 2011, “An Act Providing for Pension Reform and Benefit Modernization.” This is the third pension reform measure passed in the last three years, and significantly changes the benefit...
Evergreen “Fix” Signed into Law
On November 22nd, Governor Patrick signed the Evergreen “Fix” bill into law. The bill was passed as an emergency act so it immediately goes into effect. Accordingly, municipal employers are bound to the terms of collective bargaining agreements with an evergreen...
“Evergreen” Problem Fixed by Legislature
Last fall, the state Supreme Judicial Court overturned 30 years of history and held that “evergreen clauses” – clauses that extend collective bargaining agreements until a new contract is negotiated – were unlawful and unenforceable if the clause operated to extend a...
37th Annual Workshop for Public Sector Labor Relations Specialists
On Saturday May 1st, the Boston Bar Association will be holding its 37th Annual Workshop for Public Sector Labor Relations Specialists at Langdell Hall, Harvard Law School. The program is designed to familiarize lay people and attorneys who specialize in labor...
Governor Patrick Appoints Amy Laura Davidson Chair Of The Advisory Council To The Division Of Labor Relations
Amy Davidson has been appointed as Chair of the Division of Labor Relations Advisory Council. The Division of Labor Relations is the agency charged with jurisdiction over unfair labor practice cases, arbitrations and mediation and interest arbitration under the Joint...
LERA hosts dinner meeting regarding Veteran’s Benefits and Jobs.
LERA hosts dinner meeting regarding Veteran’s Benefits and Jobs. The Labor and Employment Relations Association is hosting a dinner meeting regarding veteran’s benefits and jobs on Thursday March 19, 2008. The meeting is at; NSTAR Electric & Gas One NSTAR Way,...
Arbitrator Reverses Suspension for Alleged Misuse of the CORI system on an Unpopular Selectman
Sandulli Grace partner Amy Laura Davidson successfully reversed a one-day suspension issued against a Rehoboth police officer for alleged misuse of the CORI system to check up on an unpopular selectman with whom the Union has been at war. The arbitrator reversed the...
Governor Patrick Appoints Sandulli Grace Partner Amy Laura Davidson to Division of Labor Relations Advisory Council
Amy Davidson has been appointed to the Division of Labor Relations Advisory Council. The Division of Labor Relations is the newly-formed consolidated agency with jurisdiction over unfair labor practice cases, arbitrations and the Joint Labor Management Committee. The...
Legislature Passes Labor Reorganization Law
The legislature passed a bill that reorganizes the three state agencies with jurisdiction over public sector employees – the Labor Relations Commission, the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration and the Joint Labor Management Committee. Amy Laura Davidson served as...
Legislature Amends Health Insurance Law
On July 16, 2007, the Massachusetts legislature amended the law to enable cities and towns to more easily join the Group Insurance Commission for the provision of health insurance to municipal employees. The Group Insurance Commission (GIC) is the entity that...
Arbitration Award – Clear Language Trumps Longstanding Practice
In this Brockton Arbitration Award the arbitrator enforced contractual language notwithstanding a twelve year contrary past practice. The grievance challenged the City’s twelve-year practice of compensating Animal Control Officers for overtime based upon a forty (40)...