Legal Opinion
City of Worcester v. Labor Relations Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 27, 2002PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSosman, J.
The Labor Relations Commission (commission) determined that the city of Worcester had engaged in a prohibited labor practice when it failed to bargain about the impacts of its order requiring that police officers take certain measures to combat school truancy. Both the city and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 378 (union) appealed from that determination. The Appeals Court held that the commission’s decision and order were insufficient, in that *178they required the city to bargain only over the impacts of the decision, whereas the city also had a duty to bargain over the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- School Committee of Newton v. Labor Relations Comm.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- City of Lynn v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Town of Burlington v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Boston v. BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Local 346, International Brotherhood of Police Officers v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- City of Boston v. Commonwealth Employment Relations BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Local 1652, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. Town of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Massachusetts Sober Housing Corp. v. Automatic Sprinkler Appeals BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
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