State of Rhode Island, Department of Corrections v. Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA,

for the Court.

The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (the DOC) is charged with “the custody, care, discipline, training, treatment, and study of persons committed to state correctional institutions or on probation or parole * * See G.L.1956 § 42-56-l(b). The Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers (the union) is the certified bargaining unit for correctional officers and certain other DOC employees. The parties’ dispute stems from the DOC’s proposal to modify the weapons qualification component of the training program for correctional officers. The union…