by John Becker | Nov 9, 2012 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Taking a page from the NLRB’s playbook, the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations (DLR) recently added another technique to their skill set: the “Unilateral Settlement.” In a case involving the City of Newton and the Newton Municipal Employees Association,...
by John Becker | Nov 2, 2012 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
A judge of the Plymouth Superior Court has upheld an arbitration award in a matter involving the Marshfield Education Association, MTA/NEA, and the Marshfield School Committee, which ordered the School Committee to reinstate a teacher who had been terminated for...
by John Becker | Oct 26, 2012 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
The Town of Bellingham must provide a police officer who was out on administrative leave with additional paid detail opportunities after an arbitrator found that the Police Department’s practice of giving “refusals” to such officers violated the collective bargaining...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 2, 2012 | Labor In The News
A circuit court judge in Wisconsin struck down parts of the controversial law curbing collective bargaining rights on September 14, 2012. The law, Wisconsin Acts 10 and 32, which was passed by the Legislature in March 2011, limited collective bargaining to wages only...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 13, 2012 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Sandulli Grace, P.C. and the Massachusetts Coalition of Police are litigating two ULP cases this fall for police sergeants who have been the targets of retaliation for exercising their protected speech rights as union members. The first is Town of Mansfield and...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 5, 2012 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
City of Salem, Mayor Driscoll continues to disregard her legal obligations to the City of Salem employees and its Unions. In March 2012 an arbitrator found that the City of Salem violated the Salem Police Superior Officers contract and past practice when Mayor...
