Prior to working in Medford, Linehan worked for the City of Somerville. When Medford hired Linehan, it denied his request to take his accrued Somerville vacation time into his new Medford role. Show Cause Dismissal (Contd) MUPL-22-9654 Linehan asserts that between 1997 and 2020, he learned of two other employees who the Employer allowed to carry over accrued vacation time from former employers.

City of Somerville v. Somerville Municipal Employees Assn, 20 Mass.App.Ct. 594, 598, 481 N.E.2d 1176, 1180-81, rev.den., 396 Mass. 1102, 484 N.E.2d 103 (1985) citing McLaughlin v. Commissioner of Pub. Works, 204 Mass. 27, 29, 22 N.E.2d 613 (1939).

City of Somerville v. Somerville Municipal Employees Ass'n, 20 Mass.App.Ct. 594, 598, rev.den., 396 Mass. 1102 (1985) citing McLaughlin v. Commissioner of Pub. Works, 204 Mass. 27, 29 (1939).

. > The City of Somerville, a civil service community, recently decided to outsource its background investigations based on the inherent conflict that exists by assigning such investigations to police officers who may be personally familiar with some of the candidates in a small community. Although I recognize that all cities and towns are under serious financial constraints, Oxford should seriously consider that option on a going-forward basis.

See City of Somerville and Richard Nelles, 23 MLC 11 (1996). In its charge, the Union alleges that the Respondent retaliated against Mr. Johnson for bringing a union representative to a work plan meeting by issuing him a written warning for conduct which would not ordinarily result in a written warning. It is the Respondents standard practice to allow its employees to bring union representatives to work plan meetings. Mr.

CAS-03-3551, City of Somerville, 1 MLC The disputed positions have been in existence for over 30 years. petition in which NAGE has sought to accrete these positions. at 1236. This petition is not the first In 2003, Case NO. CAS-03-3539 and CAS-03-3540 were filed by NAGE seeking to accrete the management series I-VI. In that case, the CERB found that in Case NO.

Murray Supervisor of Records November 10, 2020 SPR20/2086 Paul Trant Deputy Chief Somerville Police Department 220 Washington Street Somerville, MA 02143 Dear Mr. Trant: I have received the petition of Attorney Thomas J. Amoroso appealing the response of the Somerville Police Department (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1).

City of Somerville, 27 MLC 62, 66 (2000), citing Saugus School Committee, 2 MLC 1412 (1976). The stipulated record establishes that the petitioned for Inspectors played a prominent role in the representation process overall and in particular collective bargaining.

City of Somerville, 27 MLC 62, 66, MCR- 16 4784 (December 1, 2000). 17 NAGE maintains that because NAGE represents and negotiates exclusively for 18 inspectors, NAGE is best suited to provide the representation required to meet the needs 19 and improve the working conditions of the Code Enforcement Inspectors, Senior Code 7 We also note that even if we agreed it was appropriate to sever the petitioned-for employees, which we do not, NAGE would still

City of Somerville, 42 MLC 170, 171, MUP-13-2977 (December 30, 2015). During the Investigation, Local 1114 President Leroy Blake offered evidence that the Employer's continued use of agency staff, rather than focus on filling vacancies for bargaining unit members, was resulting in stressful work schedules for the bargaining unit members and forced overtime for these members.

City of Somerville, 42 MLC 170, 171, MUP-13-2977 (December 30, 2015). The Union has not met its burden of proof showing the Employer violated the Law by failing to bargain in good faith over the use of agency staff.

Somerville MA 02143 Employer's Labor Relations Representative 617-440-7556 6. Howard J. Pripas Email Address 7. Telephone Number hpripas@challiance.org 3, Employer's Representative's Address (street and no., city/town, state, and zip code) 9, Fax Number 10. Labor Organization's Name 11. Telephone Number MA Public Employee Council 508-435-4164 12. 13.