Hogan v. Labor Relations Commission

The plaintiff, Mary Hogan, appeals from a decision of the defendant, Labor Relations Commission (commission), which concluded that a public employer does not commit, a prohibited labor practice under G. L. c. 150E by proposing to suspend an employee for nonpayment of an agency service fee because the union used improper procedures to collect that fee. We granted the plaintiff’s application for direct appellate review. We affirm the decision of the commission.

When the dispute arose, Hogan was employed by the school committee of Springfield (school committee) in the Springfield public schools…