Mount Wachusett Community College Faculty Association, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 191, 199 (1992) (citations omitted). Here, Pierces allegation that the Union failed to represent her by not taking her grievance to arbitration is meritless.

Mount Wachusett Community College Faculty Association, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 191, 199 (1992) (citations omitted). "Consequently, an aggrieved employee, notwithstanding the possible merits of his claim is subject to a union's discretionary power to pursue, settle or abandon a grievance so long as its conduct is not improperly motivated, arbitrary, perfunctory or demonstrative of inexcusable neglect." Baker v.

Mount Wachusett Community College Faculty Association, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 191, 199 (1982) (citations omitted). A union must however exercise its discretion in a manner consistent with the Law. A union need not and can not please all of its members/officers all of the time. In this matter, ACE has exercised its discretion in a manner consistent with the Law.

Mount Wachusett Community College Faculty Association, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 191, 199 (1982) (citations omitted). A union must however exercise its discretion in a manner consistent with the Law. A union need not and can not please all of its members/officers all of the time. In this matter, ACE has exercised its discretion in a manner consistent with the Law.

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