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

The plaintiff (union) and the defendant authority (MBTA) disagree as to whether G. L. c. 161A, § 19J, as appearing in St. 1991, c. 138, § 199, setting forth a minimum share that each MBTA employee must contribute toward the cost of his or her health insurance, justified the MBTA’s decision to deduct from the wages of members of the union a portion of their health insurance premiums, com*324mencing in December, 1991.1 The parties’ most recent collective bargaining agreement provides that, for full-time employees, the MBTA will pay the entire cost of health insurance except for the costs of dental…