by Sandulli Grace Staff | Dec 4, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
The Boston City Council today voted 12-0 to fund Arbitrator Timothy Buckalew’s arbitration award covering the collective bargaining agreement between the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association and the City of Boston for 2010-2016. Read a copy of the Award here, and a...
by Alan Shapiro | Dec 1, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On Friday afternoon, the Waltham Police Patrol Officers and Superior Officers, both locals of the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, the largest police union in New England, held an informational picket at Waltham City Hall. Their message was simple: after more than...
by John Becker | Nov 20, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
It all began in December, 1999, when the Sheriff of Suffolk County wrongfully terminated a jail officer who, it claimed, failed to report two other jail officers for using excessive force on a prisoner. After 14 years and half a dozen court decisions, the Jail...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 5, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On July 19, 2013, Arbitrator Timothy Buckalew reinstated Millbury Police Detective Kimberly Brothers, who terminated in August 2012 for allegedly “harassing” three residents of the Town. Two women who had formerly dated Detective Brothers’...
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 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...
