by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 7, 2015 | Labor In The News
A Portsmouth, New Hampshire police officer pays for kid’s birthday cake ingredients that mom had stolen. This police officer was dispatched to an Ocean State Job Lot to investigate shoplifting charges. When he found out that it was a mom who had stolen items to...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 2, 2015 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
The Cleveland Firefighter’s recently-created Integrity Control unit has investigated dozens of alleged work rule violations since its inception. The unit’s investigations have uncovered numerous instances of misconduct, ranging from minor infractions to possible...
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...
