Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 23, 2009No. 07-P-1286PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiffs, a number of retired members of the International Association of Firefighters, Local 718, AFL-CIO (union), appeal from a final order of the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (board) dismissing their charges that the union committed a breach of its duty of fair representation in violation of G. L. c. 150E, § 10(b)(1). We affirm.
1. Background. The plaintiffs are more than ninety retired union members who filed a claim with the board alleging that the union committed a breach of its duty of fair representation in violation of G. L. c. 150E, § 10(b)(1),4 by *909negotiating a…
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