Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Employment Relations Board v. Boston Teachers Union, Local 66
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 25, 2009No. 08-P-1290PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGraham, J.
The Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, AFT, AFL-CIO (union), appeals from a judgment ordering it to pay $30,000 to the general fund of the Commonwealth, following an adjudication that the union was in contempt of an order of the Superior Court. In the order, the union was found to have violated the provisions of G. L. c. 150E, § 9A, which prohibits public employees and their unions from inducing, encouraging, or condoning a strike. The union contends that the judge’s order, issued after the union set a date for a strike vote, but prior to the actual strike vote, violated the union members’…
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- Utility Workers of America v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Labor Relations Commission v. Chelsea Teachers' Union, Local 1340Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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