Rich Drolet Superintendent of Schools Seekonk Public Schools 25 Water Lane Seekonk, MA 02771 Dear Dr. Drolet: I have received your petition on behalf of the Seekonk Public Schools (School/District) seeking an extension of time to produce records, a waiver of statutory limits on fees that may be assessed in responding to the request. G. L. c. 66, 10(c); G. L. c. 66, 10(d)(iv).

Town of Seekonk, 14 MLC 1725, 1730-31, (1988). Where there is no evidence that a decision impacts terms and conditions of employment of bargaining unit members, there is no impact bargaining duty on the employer. Chief Justice for Administration & Management of Trial Court v. CERB, 79 Mass. App.

Town of Seekonk, 40 Mass.App.Ct.367,372n.6 (1996) (same) The Commission has concern that, by construing civil service law to force an Appellant to pull the plug on a civil service appeal upon filing a Demand for Arbitration, as prior decisions appear to have implied, when arbitrability of the grievance is uncertain, the Commission may be facilitating a practice that will unwittingly chill the rights of public employers and employees to chose to resolve

Sick Day Donation 14 Signature Page 15 AGREEMENT This agreement made and entered into this 4 Nov. day of 2015 and between the School Committee of the Town of Seekonk, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, and Local 1701, State Council No. 93, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, hereinafter referred to as the Union, has as its purpose the promotion of harmonious relations between the Committee and the Union, the

._ day of 2015 by and between the School Committee of the Town of Seekonk, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, and Local 1701, State Council No. 93, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, hereinafter referred to as the Union, has as its purpose the promotion of harmonious relations between the Committee and the Union, the establishment of an equitable and peaceful procedure for the resolution of differences, and

Sick Day Donation 16 Signature Page AGREEMENT This agreement made and entered into this 28th day of June, 2018 and between the School Committee of the Town of Seekonk, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, and Local 1701, State Council No. 93, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, hereinafter referred to as the Union, has as its purpose the promotion of harmonious relations between the Committee and the Union,

See City of Boston, 41 MLC at 126 (union failed to satisfy first prong of unilateral change analysis); see Town of Seekonk, 14 MLC 1725, 1732-33, MUP-6131 and 6132 (May 10, 1988) (Board dismissed complaint after union failed to show town changed a past practice or created a new one). 2.

See City of Boston, 41 MLC at 126 (union failed to satisfy first prong of unilateral change analysis); see Town of Seekonk, 14 MLC 1725, 1732-33, MUP-6131 and 6132 (May 10, 1988) (Board dismissed complaint after union failed to show town changed a past practice or created a new one). 2.

See City of Boston, 41 MLC 119, 126, MUP-13-3371, MUP-14-3466, and MUP-14-3504 (Nov. 7, 2014) (dismissing an allegation that failed to satisfy the first prong of the unilateral change analysis); see also Town of Seekonk, 14 MLC 1725, 1732-33, MUP-6131, MUP6132 (May 10, 1988) (dismissing a complaint after union failed to show employer changed a past practice or implemented a new one).

Town and the Commonwealth an impact based of Winchester, 42 MLC Employment Relations Board solely on evidence that a change 332, MUP-13-3289, has (June 23, 2016) (citing Town of Seekonk, 14 MLC 1725, 1730-31, MUP-6131 (May 10, 1988)). 1.

See Town of Seekonk, 45 MLC 51, 58, MUPL-16-5526 (September 20, 2018). Here, the 6 Union is unable to meet that burden. The Committee came to the table prepared to reach agreement. The Committee made numerous modifications to its proposals over multiple sessions in response to the Unions feedback and counters.