ARTICLE 21 UNION DUES DEDUCTION In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L., Chapter 180, Section 17A, the Town agrees to deduct Union dues from the paychecks of the employees who have signed a membership form and who have authorized such deductions in writing and to mail said dues with a list of employees from whom dues have been deducted to: NEPBA, 7 Technology Drive, Suite 102, Chelmsford, MA 01863, in accordance with present practice. 27 ARTICLE

The Town will remit the aggregate amount to Treasurer, 227 Chelmsford Street, Chelmsford, MA 01850 along with a list of employees who have authorized said dues to be deducted. 4.2 Each employee within the bargaining unit who elects not to join or maintain membership in the Union shall be required to pay as a condition of employment a service fee to the Union in an amount that is proportionately commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and

The Town will remit the aggregate amount to the Treasurer, 7 Technology Drive, Suite 102, 42 Chelmsford, MA 01863 along with a list of employees who have authorized said dues to be deducted.

The Town will remit the aggregate amount to Treasurer, 227 Chelmsford Street, Chelmsford, MA 01850 along with a list of employees who have authorized said dues to be deducted. 4.2 Each employee within the bargaining unit who elects not to join or maintain membership in the Union shall be required to pay as a condition of employment a service fee to the Union in an amount that is proportionately commensurate with the cost of collective bargaining and

Foleys Apparent Authority The authority to act for and speak on behalf of an employer is governed by agency principles. can Town of Chelmsford, be actual, implied, a principal engages 8 MLC 1913 (1982). or apparent. Id. at 1473. Authority to act on behalf of a principal Apparent in conduct that causes another person to reasonably believe that the alleged agent has the authority to act on behalf of the principal.

Attn: Treasurer, Paul Larkham 7 Technology Drive, Suite 102 Chelmsford, MA. 01863 fy and hold harmless The Union and any employee covered by this Agreement agree to indemni might arise out of or by the Employer against any and all claims, demands, suits or liability that on fees. reason of action taken or not taken in respect to the deduction of dues and initiati ARTICLE 30 NO STRIKE ent shall engage in, induce, Section 1.

Town of Norwood, 40 MLC 153, MUP-11-6259 (2013); Town of Chelmsford, 8 MLC 1913, 196 (1982). Additionally, [i]t is an essential principal of agency law that the agent can only act within the scope of his agency. Town of Somerset, 2014 MLRC LEXIS 31, ARB-13-2610 (June 23, 2014). Here, building principals have the job of managing their individual building rather than setting policy for the District as a whole.

Town of 1913, 1916 (MUP-4620) (March 12, 1982), aff'd sub nom Town of Chelmsford v. Labor Relations Commission, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 1107 (1983). Rather, the focus of a Section 10(a)(1) inquiry is the objective effect that the employer's conduct would have on a reasonable employee. Boston School Committee, 39 MLC 09-5543 (June 6, 2013).

That missing element differentiates the current facts from the case cited by the Union in support of its 10 (a) (1) Charge, Town of Chelmsford this case is whether the Town 8 MLC 1913 (1982); The issue in of Chelmsford restrained, coerced, or interfered with employees in the exercise of their rights under General Laws Chapter 150E (the Law) by making statements regarding possible negative repercussions that could result from the filing of grievances

Torres for engaging in the grievance procedure places the College in violation of Section 10(a)(1) of the Law (See Town of Chelmsford, 8 MLC 1913 (1982)).

Torres for engaging in the grievance procedure places the College in violation of Section 10(a)(1) of the Law (See Town of Chelmsford, 8 MLC 1913 (1982)).

Name (print) Signature Sean McArdle a it is Title (if any) LLEL LO President IUPE Address (street and no., city/town, state, and ZIP code) Telephone Number PO Box 85, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 617-851-0984 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE | hereby certify that | have served a copy of this Petition on the following representative(s) of the opposing partie(s).