Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 26 MLC 165, 168, SUP-3972 (March 13, 2000) (citing City of Quincy, 17 MLC 1603, MUP6710 (March 20, 1991); Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education, 10 MLC 1196, SUP-2673 (September 8, 1983)). A public employer's deliberate refusal to abide by an unambiguous collectively-bargained agreement constitutes a repudiation of that agreement in violation of the Law. Id.

City of Quincy/Quincy City Hospital, 15 MLC 1239, MUP-6490 (November 9, 1988). In these shared work situations, there is no obligation to bargain over every incidental variation in job assignments between unit and non-unit personnel rather, bargaining must occur only displacement of bargaining unit work. (April 24, 1984).

See Town of Belchertown, 27 MLC at 74; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 18 MLC 1161, 1163 (1991); City of Quincy, 17 MLC 1603, 1608 (1991) citing Boston Water and Sewer Commission, 15 MLC 1319 (1989). If the language is ambiguous, the Board examines applicable bargaining history to determine whether the parties reached an agreement. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 18 MLC at 116.

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City of Quincy, 23 MCSR 782 (2010) (female water department employee suspended for three days for angrily calling a female co-worker a big mouthed f__ing c__t and a f___ing lying trouble making bitch), and Robertson v. Dept. of Correction, 20 MCSR 607 (2007) (female correction officer suspended for five days for calling a male correction officer a pussy and a faggot and his wife a f__ing rat).

Boston School Committee, 22 MLC 1365, 1375, MUP-8125 (January 9, 1996); City of Quincy, 17 MLC 1603, 1608, MUP-6710 (March 20, 1991). If the evidence is insufficient to find an agreement underlying the matter in dispute, or if the parties hold differing good faith interpretations of the terms of the agreement, the Board will not find a repudiation. City of Everett, 26 MLC 25, 27, MUP-1542 (July 22, 1999).

Boston School Committee, 22 MLC 1365, 1375, MUP-8125 (January 9, 1996); City of Quincy, 17 MLC 1603, 1608, MUP-6710 (March 20, 1991). Although, if the parties hold differing good faith interpretations of the terms of the agreement, the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (Board) will not find a repudiation because the parties did not achieve a meeting of the minds.

The statutory obligation to bargain in good faith of Massachusetts, 26 MLC (1991)); criteria, certain Board A public employer's of a collectively bargained agreement. 165, 168 (2000) (citing City of Quincy, 17 of Regents deliberate of Higher Education, refusal to abide by an 10 MLC unambiguous collectively bargained agreement constitutes a repudiation of that agreement in violation of the Law.

City of Quincy, 19 MCSR 440 (2006); Coughlin vy Plymouth Police Dept, 19 MCSR 434 (2006); Dalrymple y.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 26 MLC 165, 168, SUP-3972 (March 13, 2000) (citing City of Quincy, 17 MLC 1603, MUP6710 (March 20, 1991)). A public employer's deliberate refusal to abide by an unambiguous collectively-bargained agreement constitutes a repudiation of that agreement in violation of the Law. Id. (citing Town of Falmouth, 20 MLC 1555, MUP8114 (May 16, 1994), aff'd sub nom. Town of Falmouth v. Labor Relations Commission, 42 Mass. App.