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CITY OF SOMERVILLE v. SOMERVILLE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

No. SJC-10089

451 Mass. 493 (2008)

CITY OF SOMERVILLE v. SOMERVILLE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Buckley, Assistant City Solicitor, for the plaintiff.

James F. Lamond for the defendant.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

A member of the Somerville Municipal Employees Association (union) filed a grievance over the appointment, in January, 2004, by the mayor of the city of Somerville (city), of a nonunion member to the position of the city's director of veterans' services. After an evidentiary hearing, an arbitrator determined that the appointment violated the collective bargaining agreement applicable to city employees; directed the mayor to appoint the grievant to the...

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