American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees, Council 93 v. School Department

The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 93, AFL-CIO (union), commenced arbitration proceedings to resolve a grievance on behalf of an employee of the school department of Burlington (department). The arbitrator issued an award in favor of the department. The union commenced an action in the Superior Court seeking to vacate the arbitrator’s award. On the parties’ cross motions, a judge in that court confirmed the award. The Appeals Court reversed, ruling that “the arbitrator exceeded her authority by determining, on the basis of no evidence, that the grievant…