Mount Wachusett Community College Faculty Association, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 191, 199 (1992) (citations omitted). Further, the Law does not require a union to provide the services of a licensed attorney to its members, and does not place unions in an attorney client relationship with its members, even when an attorney represents the grievant. See Boston Teachers Union, 12 MLC 1577, 1588, MUPL-2699 (January 31, 1986).

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Mount Wachusett Community College Faculty Association, 14 Mass. App. Ct. 191, 199 (1992) (citations omitted). A union has considerable discretion in determining whether to file a grievance and whether to pursue it through all levels of a contractual grievance-arbitration procedure. NAGE, 38 Mass. App. Ct. at 613.