Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations, et al. Docketed: July 8, 2019 Lower Ct: Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Case Numbers: (SJC-12603) Decision Date: April 9, 2019 DATE PROCEEDINGS AND ORDERS Jul 08 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 7, 2019) Petition Jul 25 2019 Certificate of Word Count Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS In the matter of Mass. Society of Professors/FSU/MTA/NEA and University of Massachusetts, Case No. ASF-14-3744 Respondents, and, Ben Branch and Wm. Curtiss Conner, Charging Parties, Hanover Teachers Association/MTA/NEA and Hanover School Committee Case No.
No Notice of Appeal need be filed with the Appeals Court. 10 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS DISMISSAL INVESTIGATOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS 19 STANIFORD STREET, 15" FLOOR BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02114 Telephone: (617) 626-7132 FAX: (617) 626-7157 www.mass.gov/dir DEVAL L. PATRICK COMMONWEALTH GOVERNOR EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD ERICA F. CRYSTAL MARJORIE F.
COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD RULING THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS CHARLES F. HURLEY BUILDING 19 STANIFORD STREET 15* FLOOR, Boston, MA 02114 CHARLES D. BAKER EMAIL : EFILE.DLR@STATE.MA.US GOVERNOR KARYN E. POLITO TELEPHONE: (617) 626-7132 FAX: (617) 626-7157 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR www.mass.gov/dir COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT -RELATIONS BOARD MARJORIE F.
CURTIS CONNER, DEBORAH CURRAN, AND ANDRE MELCUK, CHARGING PARTIES-APPELLANTS, AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS, COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, AGENCY-APPELLEE. ON APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS (Nos. ASF-14-3744, ASF-14-3919, ASF-14-3920) CHARGING PARTIES-APPELLANTS, BRANCH, CONNER, CURRAN AND MELCUKS APPELLANTS POST-JANUS REPLACEMENT BRIEF BRUCE N.
CURTIS CONNER, DEBORAH CURRAN, AND ANDRE MELCUK, CHARGING PARTIES-APPELLANTS, AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS, COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, AGENCY-APPELLEE. ON APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS (Nos. ASF-14-3744, ASF-14-3919, ASF-14-3920) CHARGING PARTIES-APPELLANTS, BRANCH, CONNER, CURRAN AND MELCUKS APPELLANTS BRIEF BRUCE N.
G- 2-14 Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts John Adams Courthouse One Pemberton Square, Suite 1400, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1724 Telephone 617-557-1020, Fax 617-557-1145 Department of Labor Relations 19 Staniford Street First floor Boston, MA 02114 RE: No. SJC-12603 BEN BRANCH & others VS.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS CHARLES F. HURLEY BUILDING 19 STANIFORD STREET 1sT FLOOR, BOSTON, MA 02114 CHARLES D. BAKER GOVERNOR COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD MARJORIE F. WITTNER EMAIL: EFILE.DLR@STATE.MA.US TELEPHONE: (617) 626-7132 FAX: (617) 626-7157 www.mass.gov/dir KARYN E. POLITO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CHAIR ELIZABETH NEUMEIER BOARD MEMBER ERICA F.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS, COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, AGENCY-APPELLEE, AND MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY OF PROFESSORS/MTA/NEA, HANOVER TEACHERS ASSOCIATION/MTA/NEA, PROFESSIONAL STAFF UNION/MTA/NEA INTERVENOR-APPELLEES. ON APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS (Nos.
The employees initially filed charges of prohibited practice before the Department of Labor Relations (DLR). A DLR investigator dismissed the case, and the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (board), the three-member board within the DLR responsible for reviewing investigator decisions, upheld the 3 dismissal. The employees appealed to the Appeals Court, and while the case was on appeal, the United States Supreme Court, in Janus v.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF lABOR RELATIONS 19 STANIFORD STREET, 1sr FLOOR BOSTON I MASSACHUSETTS 02114 Telephone: (617) 626-7132 FAX: (617) 626-7157 www.mass.gov/dlr DEVAL l. PATRICK GOVERNOR COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD ERICA F. CRYSTAL DIRECTOR MARJORIE F. WITTNER CHAIR ELIZABETH NEUMEIER BOARD MEMBER HARRIS FREEMAN BOARD MEMBER November 18, 2014 Bruce N. Cameron, Esq.
CURTIS CONNER, DEBORAH CURRAN, AND ANDRE MELCUK, CHARGING PARTIES-APPELLANTS, AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS, COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD, AGENCY-A PPELLEE. ON APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RELATIONS (Nos. ASF-14-3744, ASF-14-3919, ASF-14-3920) CHARGING PARTIES-APPELLANTS, BRANCH, CONNER, CURRAN AND MELCUKS APPELLANTS POST-JANUS REPLACEMENT BRIEF BRUCE N.
Jane Gabriel (BBO #557370) Chief Counsel Department of Labor Relations 19 Staniford Street, First Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02114 (617) 626-7139 jane.gabriel@mass.gov December 17, 2018 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ..................................................................................... 4 STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES PRESENTED FOR REVIEW ........................... 10 STATEMENT OF THE CASE .....................................
[Record Appendix, Volume I at pages 16-33, hereinafter 2 1 cases arose when the four Appellants filed prohibited practice charges with the Department of Labor Relations (DLR) arguing that agency fees violate G.L. 150E and are unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. B. Course of Proceedings and Disposition of the Case Below The four Appellants - Ben Branch, Wm.