City of Cranston v. Rhode Island Laborers' District Council

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding in this case. Although I agree with the majority that the no-restructuring clause that is contained in the 2002 revision to the collective-bargaining agreement sunsetted by its owns terms on June 30, 2005, the remainder of the collective-bar*537gaining agreement did not. Indeed, Article XXIII, section 1, of the original collective-bargaining agreement that the parties modified, the mayor signed, and the council ratified, provides that:

“The provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect from July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2004, and shall…