Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education v. Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 11, 2011No. 10-P-504PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMilkey, J.
In 2006, Holyoke Community College (the college) posted a position for an assistant professor of nutrition. Elizabeth Hebert, who many years earlier had been a tenured faculty member at the college, received an initial interview for the position. However, she did not advance to the final round, and the college eventually hired one of the three candidates who did. Based on a grievance that Hebert’s union, Massachusetts Teachers Association/Massachusetts Community College Council/National Education Association (union), pressed on her behalf, an arbitrator ruled that the college violated its…
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