Legal Opinion
Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 5, 1984PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
Local 589 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (union) is the recognized representative for certain maintenance and operating personnel of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The union filed an action in the Superior Court seeking to enforce the terms of an arbitration award issued in accordance with G. L. c. 161A, § 19G. The union alleged that the MBTA had refused to abide by four provisions of the award regarding part-time employees. The MBTA denied that it was bound by the contested provisions. The arbitrator who issued the award then sought to intervene in the union’s…
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