by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 23, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The NLRB ruled this week that a group of 162 skilled machine maintenance workers assigned to Volkswagen’s Tennessee Facility should be allowed to vote on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers. This election comes on the heels of the UAW’s loss...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 6, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
In a fairly surprising turn of events, on October 9, 2015, the Honorable Serge Georges of the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court ordered the State Retirement Board to pay former Speaker of the House Tom Finneran what the media has reported to be...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 7, 2015 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On June 30, 2015, public sector workers across Massachusetts won an important victory at the Department of Labor (‘DLR’). In the case of City of Springfield and AFSCME, MUP-12-2466, the DLR held that the city of Springfield could not install GPS tracking devices on...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 5, 2015 | Labor In The News
Facebook content is becoming more and more prevalent in court proceedings. An article in American Police Beat highlights how Facebook posts have been used by the government to challenge disability claims (i.e., online photos of claimants engaged in activities like...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 2, 2015 | Labor In The News, Uncategorized
Attorney General Maura Healey testified before the Judiciary Committee to expand the scope of the wiretap law because, as she put it “right now you can’t use a wire in a human trafficking case or a gun trafficking case.” Healey did not back any particular bill, but...
