Legal Opinion
Switzer v. Labor Relations Commission
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 27, 1994No. 93-P-808PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
The Labor Relations Commission (the commission), see G. L. c. 23, § 90, dismissed a charge of a prohibited practice filed by a public employee (the plaintiff) against the Somerville Municipal Employees Association (SMEA), an “employee organization,” see G. L. c. 150E, § 1, and its president.
The charge, filed September 18, 1992, alleged that SMEA and its president, in violation of SMEA’s duty of fair representation, had entered into a settlement agreement with the city of Somerville regarding a proposed reorganization of the city’s sanitation department 2 without the favorable vote of the SMEA…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Local No. 48, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Graham v. Quincy Food Service Employees Ass'n & Hospital, Library & Public Employees UnionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Quincy City Hospital v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Sullivan v. BarrowsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Goncalves v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- National Ass'n of Government Employees v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
- Anderson v. Commonwealth Employment Relations BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
- Collective Bargaining Reform Ass'n v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Frontera v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1998
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