Dupere Law Offices 94 North Elm Street--Suite 307 Westfield, MA 01085 RE: MUP-16-5056 Hampshire Regional School Committee and Hampshire Reg. Educational Association Dear Richard Mullane, Esq. and Fernand Dupere, Esq.: The Department of Labor Relations (Department) has received, docketed and reviewed the above-referenced charge.

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FAX Number code) 94 North Elm Street, Suite 307 Westfield MA 01085 (413) 562-3301 ee eee 15. E-mail address | 313-1023 | (16. Firm/Organization russell@duperelawoffices.info | Name | Dupere Law Offices EMPLOYEE 17. Name ORGANIZATION Agawam Police Patrolman s Association (APPA) _ (if any) a 18. Telephone Number | (41 3) 455- -1730 | 4 19, 20,21,22.

Fax Number Dupere Law Offices, 94 N Elm St., Westfield, MA 01085 413-562-3301 6 Employee Organization (if any): Mount Greylock Educators Association, Paraprofesslonl/Custodinl 8 7, Representative to contact 9. Telephone Number Jennifer MacDougall, Esq. 617-878-8143 Address (street and No., city/town, state, and ZIP code) 10. Fax Number c/o Massachusetts Teachers Association, 2 Heritage Dr., 8th Floor, Quincy, MA 02171 617-248-6921 11.

Address (street and No., city/town, state, and ZIP code) 106 Ely Street, Westfield, MA 01085 11. 10. Fax Number 413-535-2415 This charge is filed against (check one) 12.

See also City of Westfield, 12 MLC 1038 (1985). MUP-13-3304 Complaint and Partial Dismissal (Cont'd) Here, the Town is within its rights to effectuate changes in a policy which is grounded in public safety concerns, and the charge that the Town has an obligation to bargain over the decision to create the policy is dismissed. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS felon CKE | rial VA HELEN M.

(citing City of Westfield, 7 MLC 1245, 1250 (1980)) (emphasis added). Supervisors and the employees they direct have different obligations to the employer in personnel and policy matters, therefore to retain them in the same bargaining unit would likely lead to a conflict of interest within the bargaining unit. City of Chicopee, 1 MLC 1195, 1197-1198 (1974).

City of Westfield, 23 MCSR 418 (2009) (discharge upheld based primarily on officers dishonesty about a relatively minor infraction that occurred on his shift). Wine v. City of Holyoke, 31 MCSR 19 (2018). Analysis The Respondent has established by a preponderance of the evidence that it had just cause to discipline the Appellant. In the spring of 2017, the Appellant pleaded guilty to permitting injury to one of her minor children by Mr.

City of Westfield, 23 MCSR 418 (2009) (discharge upheld based primarily on officers dishonesty about a relatively minor infraction that occurred on his shift).

City of Westfield, 24 MCSR 610 (2011); Kearney v. Department of Conservation and Recreation, CSC No. G2-09-324 (2010) (unpublished). The lengthy history of Mr. Damass specific situation also bears notice. He had learned, as a result of the 2014 appeal, that the BPD had relied on what he claimed to be erroneous reasons for his non-selection.