COMMISSIONERS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY v. AFSCME, AFL-CIO


372 Mass. 466 (1977)

362 N.E.2d 523

COMMISSIONERS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY vs. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 414.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Augustus J. Camelio for the defendant.

Richard K. Donahue for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

County employees were discharged. Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, their union sought arbitration on their behalf. The county commissioners sought to prevent arbitration, and later moved to vacate the arbitrator's award directing reinstatement. The motion was allowed in the Superior Court. We reverse the judgment, and order judgment confirming the award. We hold that G.L.c. 35, § 51, providing...

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