Alliance, AFSCME/SEIU, AFL-CIO v. Commonwealth

The plaintiffs are labor organizations that represent certain State employees. In a complaint filed in the county court, they contend that the Governor’s purported disapproval of a clause requiring not less than thirty-nine full-time equivalent positions as part of a budget item providing funding for early intervention services to children under the age of three and their families is an invalid exercise of the Governor’s authority. They seek an order requiring the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health (department), who administers the programs, to comply with the language in the…