Town of Saugus v. Saugus Public Safety Dispatchers Union

In Saugus v. Saugus Police Superior Officers Union, 64 Mass. App. Ct. 916 (2005) (Saugus I), we recently confirmed that our holding in Andover v. Andover Police Patrolmen’s Union, 45 Mass. App. Ct. 167 (1998) (Andover), renders nonarbitrable a grievance by police officers based on a police chiefs directive requiring the officers to work overtime, if directed by the chief in circumstances where a shift lacked a superior officer and no officer volunteered to fill the void. The present case concerns a similar grievance, brought by Saugus Public Safety Dispatchers Union (union) in the same town…