THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ONE ASHBURTON PLACE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108 (617) 727-2200 (617) 727-4765 TTY www.mass.gov/ago MARTHA COAKLEY ATTORNEY GENERAL February 9, 2012 2012 OML - 9 Roger Ferris Town Counsel Town ofNorthAttleboro 7 Peck Street, P.O.
See, Springfield School Committee, 27 MLC, 15, 18 (September 1,2000); Town ofNorthAttleboro, 26 MLC 84,86 (2000) citing City of Boston, 14 MLC 1606,1618 (1988). While the 1 deprivation of an economic benefit or granting of an underserved economic advantage can constitute a significant interference in the existence and administration of a union, violations of 10(a)(2) are not necessarily limited to such circumstances.
See also Town ofNorthAttleboro, 26 MLC 84 (2000) (refusal to implement authorized union dues deduction increases absent a written confirmation from the union that the dues would not be used for dental insurance premiums); Whittier Regional School Committee, 13 MLC 1325 (1987) (unilateral determination of the amount of a unions agency service fee coupled with refusal to fulfill the terms of the contract with respect to service fees); City of Boston
See also Town ofNorthAttleboro, 26 MLC 84 (2000) (refusal to implement authorized union dues deduction increases absent a written confirmation from the union that the dues would not be used for dental insurance premiums); Whittier Regional School Committee, 13 MLC 1325 (1987) (unilateral determination of the amount of a unions agency service fee coupled with refusal to fulfill the terms of the contract with respect to service fees); City of Boston
City of Springfield, 2 MLC 1022, 1025 (1975); Town ofNorthAttleboro, 5 MLC 1145, 1146 (1978). This policy serves a dual purpose. First, supervisors owe their allegiance to the employer, especially with respect to employee discipline KOPELMAN anp PAIGE, p.c. Aaron Swinderman, Esq. January 20, 2015 Page 4 and productivity.
See Town ofNorthAttleboro, 26 MLC 84, 86 (2000), citing City of Boston, 14 MLC 1606, 1618 (1988). The Union cannot earnestly claim that Glennons email, sent after Fallo had been terminated, significantly interfered with the administration of the union. Town ofNorth Attleboro. 1265025_1 The Colleges efforts in August, 2011 show that it earnestly tried to work with the Union.
See Town ofNorthAttleboro, 26 MLC 84, 86 (2000). Administration in this respect refers specifically to the internal affairs of the union, such as the deduction of union dues or the failure to acknowledge a particular union as the recognized bargaining unit. See id.; Springfield Sch. Comm., 27 MLC 15 (2000). 49.
Town ofNorthAttleboro, CSC No.D1-14-271, 29 MCSR --- (2016); Bean v. Town of Bourne, 24 MCSR 1 (2011); McKeown v. Town of Brookline, 23 MCSR 749 (2010). See also City of Attleboro v. Civil Service Commn, 84 Mass.App.Ct. 1130 (Rule 1:28), rev.den., 462 Mass. 1104 (2014) (reversing Commissions modification of motor equipment operator who lost CDL license for 90 days) 16 involved in the investigation or decision that led to Mr.
Town ofNorthAttleboro, 26 MLC 84, 86 (2000) citing City of Boston, 14 MLC 1606, 1618 (1988) In Trustees of Forbes Library, 6 MLC 1216, 1227 (1979), it is not unlawful to discharge an employee for inability to get along with supervisory personnel employee. if the personality The conflict is not related to the protected Commission also noted at times when decisions activity by the must be made concerning continued employment problems which might otherwise
Situations in which the CERB include: has found that the employer violated the Law e Refusing to implement authorized union dues deduction increases absent a written confirmation from the union that the dues would not be used for dental insurance premiums.( Town ofNorthAttleboro, 26 MLC 84 (2000). e Failing to remit dues payments to authorization. (City of Boston, 14 MLC e a union deducted pursuant to written 1606 (1988).)