Cambridge School Department 159 Thorndile Street Cambridge, MA 02141 RE: MUP-14-3829 Cambridge School Committee and Cambridge Teachers Association Dear Sandra Quinn, Esq. and Maureen MacFarlane, Esq.: The Department of Labor Relations (Department) has received, docketed and reviewed the above-referenced charge.

ST., CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141 Employee Organization (if any): CAMBRIDGE 8. EDUCATION 5. Fax Number ASSOCIATION 617-349-6499 7. Representative to contact 9. Telephone Number SANDRA 617-878-8331 QUINN Address (street and No., city/town, state, and ZIP code) MASS. TEACHERS ASSN., 20 ASHBURTON 10. Fax Number PLACE, BOSTON, MA 02108 617-248-6921 11. This charge is filed against (check one) 12.

MacFarlane (BBO#55 Special Assistant City Solicitor CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Legal Counsel 159 Thorndike Street Cambridge, MA 02141 (617) 349-6425 Dated: July 30, 2014 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Thereby certify that a true copy of this document has been served upon the counsel of record for the Cambridge Education Association via first class mail, postage prepaid, on July 30, 2014. >,

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commission, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300,304 (1997). See Town of Watertown v. Arria, 16 Mass. App. Ct. 331 (1983); McIsaac v. Civil Service Commission, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 473, 477 (1995); Police Department of Boston v. Collins, 48 Mass. App. Ct. 411 (2000); City of Leominster v. Stratton, 58 Mass. App. Ct. 726, 728 (2003).

City of Cambridge v. Baldasaro, 50 It is evident from the circumstances of Griffins conduct that he did not intend his action as a constructive act in pursuit of his duty to support a superior officer because, when he wrote the note, he already knew no report had been written. the only word I can find to describe the note is sarcastic. superiors.

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commn, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 303-305, rev. den., 428 Mass. 1102 (1997).

City of Cambridge v. Civil Service Commn, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 300, 303-305, rev. den., 428 Mass. 1102 (1997).

Address (street and No., city/town, state, and ZIP code) 245 First Street 18th Floor Cambridge MA 02142 14, FAX Number 15. E-mail address 16. Firm/Organization Name jay@sullivanandreed.com Sullivan and Reed LLP EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION (if any) 17. Name 418. Telephone Number IUE-CWA Local 81201 781-598-2760 19,20,21,22. Address (street and No., city/town, state, and ZIP code) 23.

Bade provided construction services for the roadway and infrastructure work on behalf of the City of Cambridge Department of Public Works and the Water Department. These services included daily site inspections, preparing daily and weekly field reports, attendance at bi-weekly construction meetings, providing design solutions in the field, reviewing shop drawing submittals and responding to contractors request for information.

See generally, G.L.c.31,1 (basis merit principles means recruiting, selecting and advancing of employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge and skills, assuring fair treatment of all applicants and protecting employees from arbitrary and capricious actions); City of Cambridge v.

City of Cambridge, 23 MLC 28, 36, MUP-9171, June 28, 1996; affd sub. nom., Cambridge Police Superior Officers Association v. Labor Relations Commission, 47 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 (1999).

City of Cambridge, 30 MLC 31, 32, MUP-01-3033 (September 3, 2003)(citations omitted). NAGE has cited no cases, and | know of none, holding that an alleged adverse action that did not violate Section 10(a)(3) of the Law could independently violate Section 10(a)(1) of the Law merely by the proximity in time between the termination and the alleged protected activity.