by Amy Laura Davidson | Jan 28, 2008 | Sandulli Grace In The News
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...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 7, 2007 | Sandulli Grace In The News
In a brief opinion, the Supreme Judicial Court upheld the right of the joint labor management committee (JLMC), the state agency that resolves bargaining disputes involving police or fire unions, to issue an award including a type of shift, such as 24-hour shifts for...
by Amy Laura Davidson | Nov 16, 2007 | Sandulli Grace In The News
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...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Nov 15, 2007 | Sandulli Grace In The News
In January 2000, the Chief of Police in the Town of Oxford ordered all police officers to remove their MCOP Union Pins. The Oxford Police Association, MCOP Local 173, filed a prohibited practice charge at the Labor Relations Commission, arguing that the Massachusetts...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 18, 2007 | Sandulli Grace In The News
In a decision issued October 12, 2007, the Labor Relations Commission resolved a year-long election dispute in favor of the Massachusetts Coalition of Police over the objection of the incumbent union. Last July, MassCOP filed a petition to represent police officers in...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 17, 2007 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
Recently, in Furtado v. Town of Plymouth, 69 Mass.App.Ct. 319 (June 11, 2007), the Massachusetts Appeal court ruled that a police officer can be forced to submit to a lie detector examination under threat of discipline in most circumstances. As noted in our report of...
