Brookline Educators Ass'n v. Avery

The Brookline Educators Association (“BEA”) is the local labor union for teachers and other school personnel employed by the Town of Brookline, and is an affiliate of the Massachusetts Teachers Association (“MTA”) and the National Education Association (“NEA”). The six individual defendants (the “teachers”) were members of the collective bargaining unit represented by the BEA, but were not members of that union. Pursuant to G.L.c. 150E, §12 and the collective bargaining agreements between the BEA and the Brookline School Committee, the BEA, MTA and NEA (collectively, the “union”) brought this…