City of Somerville v. Somerville Municipal Employees Ass'n

The city of Somerville (city) appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court affirming an arbitrator’s award in favor of the Somerville Municipal Employees Association (union). The arbitrator found that the city had violated the collective bargaining agreement applicable to unit B employees (CBA) by failing to appoint Paul Nelson, a city employee within unit B of the union, to the position of director of veterans’ services and instead appointing Frank P. Senesi, an “outside” candidate.1 *584Although the city concedes that the veterans’ services director is a union position within unit A, it claims…