Commissioner of Administration v. Local 509, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO

Under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement binding the Commonwealth (acting through the Commissioner of Administration) and the defendant union, the agreed wage scales distinguished between “full time employees hired prior to July 1, 1977” and those hired on or after that date, the former class having more favorable terms of employment. The Commissioner, over objection by the union, paid one Karen M. Buckley at the lower rates during a period to be mentioned in our statement below. The dispute was submitted to arbitration under the collective agreement, and the arbitrator, after…