SOMERVILLE v. SOMERVILLE MUN. EMPLOYEES ASS'N


20 Mass. App. Ct. 594 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 1176

CITY OF SOMERVILLE & another vs. SOMERVILLE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip G. Boyle (Robert W. Garrett with him) for the plaintiffs.

Alan J. McDonald (James F. Lamond with him) for the defendants.

Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, & Lisa A. Levy, Assistant Attorney General, for Civil Service Commission & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., CUTTER, & DREBEN, JJ.


GREANEY, C.J.

The city of Somerville and its mayor have appealed from a judgment of the Superior Court confirming an arbitration award which found that the city had violated its collective bargaining agreement with the association by failing to grant additional pay to two employees of the Somerville assessors' office. We conclude that the arbitrator exceeded his authority by making an award which conflicts with the...

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