Massachusetts Coalition of Police, Local 165 v. Town of Northborough

This case presents the question whether a town’s decision not to reappoint a police officer, who had previously been appointed pursuant to G. L. c. 41, § 97A (1992 ed.), is arbitrable under a collective bargaining agreement which provides in art. XXVII for “final and binding” arbitration of disputes “over the interpretation, application or enforcement of an expressed written provision of [the] agreement, or alleged inequitable or discriminatory treatment of an employee under [its] provisions.” The plaintiff, Massachusetts Coalition of Police, Local 165, AFL-CIO (union), filed a complaint in…