Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union

Sanders, Janet L., J.

Having reached an impasse in negotiating the terms of their collective bargaining agreement, plaintiff Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and defendant Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (Union) submitted their disputes to interest arbitration as required by G.L.c. 161A, §29. An Award issued on *83August 26, 2013. The parties are now before the Court seeking judicial review of that Award. Significantly, the parties agree that the issues were within the arbitrator’s powers to decide. Calling the award “irresponsible” and “unjustifiably rich,”…