by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 3, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On November 2, 2010, Attleboro Police Detective James Cote, who was also President of the Attleboro Police Association, MassCOP Local 352, suffered a cardiac arrest in his home and was in critical condition for days. MassCOP members throughout the state showed their...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Aug 21, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
This is in follow up to our blog post concerning the amendment of the civil service residency statute, MGL c. 31 sec 58. Since this amendment was part of the State Budget and since the Budget has an emergency preamble, the amendment to 31 sec 58 was also effective...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Aug 13, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
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...
by Jennifer N. Smith | Aug 2, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Including a provision in your collective bargaining agreement that requires any and all discipline to be issued for “just cause” is not a novel idea. Simply stated, the “just cause standard” demands that all discipline be fairly and consistently administered.[1] ...
by Alan Shapiro | Aug 2, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On June 20, highly respected Arbitrator Michael Ryan issued a decision overturning the discharge of Boston Police Officer David Williams. All of the facts are meticulously set out in the decision’s 44 pages but are briefly summarized here. On March 16, 2009, Michael...
by Alan Shapiro | Jul 31, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican state legislature virtually eliminated collective bargaining for public sector workers two years ago, they largely spared police and fire unions. But now, it appears that the honeymoon is over. In a story in...
