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Lichten and Liss-Riordan, P.C. 729 Boylston Street, Suite 2000 Boston, MA 02116 Ferruccio Romeo 9 Hitching Hill Road Saugus, MA 01906 Howard Greenspan, Esq. 220 Broadway, Suite 304 Lynnfield, MA 01940 Saugus, MA 01906 Re: MUP-19-7261, Town of Winthrop and Ferruccio Romeo Dear Mr. Lichten, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Romeo and Mr.

Hurley Building 19 Staniford Street, 1* Floor Boston, MA 02114 Ferruccio Romeo 9 Hitching Hill Rd Saugus, MA 01906 RE: April 26, 2019 MUP-19-7261, Town of Winthrop On April 11, 2019, | filed a charge of prohibited practice with the Department of Labor Relations (DLR) alleging that the Town of Winthrop (Town) had violated Section 10(a)(5) and, derivatively, 10(a)(1) of M.G.L. c. 150E (the Law) pursuant to information | received at a Local Union meeting

.); Boston School Committee, 36 MLC 208, 212 (H.O. 2010); Worcester County Sheriff's Office, 30 MLC 58 (2003) (Ordering | employer to provide investigative materials related to potential discipline); Bristol County Sheriff's Dept., 30 MLC 47 (2003); Town of Saugus, MUP-01-3032 (Aug. 19, 2003); Board of Higher Education, 29 MLC 169, 171 (2003) (rejecting employers argument that union was able to present grievance at steps 1 and 2 without information

.); Boston School Committee, 36 MLC 208, 212 (H.O. 2010); Worcester County Sheriff's Office, 30 MLC 58 (2003) (Ordering | employer to provide investigative materials related to potential discipline); Bristol County Sheriff's Dept., 30 MLC 47 (2003); Town of Saugus, MUP-01-3032 (Aug. 19, 2003); Board of Higher Education, 29 MLC 169, 171 (2003) (rejecting employers argument that union was able to present grievance at steps 1 and 2 without information

Town of North Andover, 30 MLC on January 19, 2012, the latest of the two shall presume that the signing occurred ; possible dates. 5 CAS-12-1784 Ruling on Motion to Dismiss, (cont'd) 75, 76 (2003) (citing Town of Saugus, 28 MLC 80, 83 (2001) (further citations omitted).

Town of Saugus, 14 MCSR 15 (2001) (employee not within 2n+1) Even assuming, however, that Ms. Poore had gained permanency as a part-time Principal Clerk, her seniority in a layoff would still rank below all full-time permanent municipal employees. G.L.c.31,33,5. As at least one other Water Billing Office clerk (Ms.

The failure to bargain in good faith includes rejection without condieration/reconsilation attempt of NAGE's proposal ( Town of Saugus, 2 MLC 1480 (1976) and denial of negotiations over impacts (Newton School Committe, 5 MLC 1016 (1978) aff'd School Committee of Newton v. Labor Relations Commission, 388 Mass. 557 (1983).

FORBES Commissioner Certified, Return Receipt Requested, and First Class Mail March 4, 2016 Anthony Gernigila 16 Third Street Saugus, MA 01906 Dear Mr. Gernigila: The purpose of this letter is to communicate with you-about your continued employment with the Department of Youth Services. As you are well aware, you were approved for worke rs compensation effective March 20,-2015 and currently remain on workers compensation.

Sean Nugent, Chair, Board of Education PUTNAM, CT SUPERINTENDENT 152 Woodstock Avenue Putnam CT 06260 Michael Morrill, Chair, Board of Education SAUGUS, MA SUPERINTENDENT 23 Main Street Saugus, MA 01906 Peter Manoogian, School Committee 781-659-8800 860-823-6284 860-889-6098 860-963-6900 781-231-5000 781-820-5690 14 SAU #14, EPPING, NH SUPERINTENDENT 213 Main Street Epping, NH 03042 David Mylott, School Board 603-679-8003 SAU #41, HOLLIS-BROOKLINE

Town of Saugus, 2 MLC 1480, 1484 (1976); City of Chicopee, 2 MLC 1071, 1074 (H.O. 1975); Prentice-Hall, Inc., 306 NLRB 31, 39 (1992). See also Town of Braintree, 8 MLC at 1197 (finding a lack of willingness to fully discuss proposals); Town of Greenfield, 36 MLC 54, 57 (H.O. 2009) (finding that the mayor unlawfully preconditioned bargaining on acceptance of certain language).

Id. at 161 (citing Town of Saugus, 2 MLC 1480, 1484 (1976)). The CERB also weighs acts away from the bargaining table as part of the totality of the parties conduct. Id. at 160 (citation omitted). The NLRB has been especially 21 sensitive to claims that bargaining for a first contract has not been in good faith. APT Medical Transportation, Inc., 333 NLRB 760, 760 n.4 (2001).

Bristol County Sheriff's Department, 32 MLC at 160-61 citing Town of Saugus, 2 MLC 1480, 1484 (1976). Further, the opposing party is obliged to make some reasonable effort in some direction to compromise differences with the other party if the good faith obligation is to have any meaning at all. See Taunton School Committee, 28 MLC 378, 391 (2002).

Town of Saugus, 2 MLC Bristol County Sheriffs Department, 32 MLC at 160-61 citing 1480, 1484 (1976). Further, the opposing party is obliged to make 10 some reasonable effort in some direction to compromise differences with the other party if the good faith obligation is to have any meaning at all. See Taunton School Committee, 28 MLC 378, 391 (2002).

Decision (cont'd) MUPL-16-5526 Surface Bargaining A union's obligation obligation to bargain to bargain in good in good faith and Town of Saugus, 2 MLC 1480, faith mirrors that of an employer's is not satisfied by mere surface bargaining. 1484, MUP-591 (May 5, 1976).

In the Matter of Seekonk Firefighters Association, Local 1932, IAFF and Town of Seekonk, MUP-16-5526, 2018 WL 4830108, *14, citing Town of Saugus, 2 MLC 1480, 1484, MUP-591 (May 5, 1976) and City of Marlborough, 34 MLC 72, 77, MUP-033963 (January 9, 2008), respectively.