Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 22, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, C.J.
This is another in a continuing series of controversies between various unions and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) over the effect on labor agreements of legislation curtailing the MBTA’s powers to bargain collectively. Here, Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union (union), appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court vacating an arbitration award in its favor. The underlying dispute concerns the refusal of the MBTA to permit a union member to exercise his dropback rights1 to return to his former position as an operator after his layoff from an executive position.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
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- First National Bank v. Judge Baker Guidance CenterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Morris Crain v. Blue Grass Stockyards Company and Clay-Wachs Stockyards, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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- Turgeon v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Superior Court · 2000