CITY OF SOMERVILLE v. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD

SJC-11620

470 Mass. 563 (2015)

CITY OF SOMERVILLE & another v. COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

T. Jane Gabriel for the defendant.

Laurie R. Houle , Ira Fader , Colin R. Confoey , & Jason Powalisz for the interveners, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


At issue in this case is whether the city of Somerville (city) and the school committee of Somerville (school committee) violated G. L. c. 150E, § 10 (a) (5), and, derivatively, G. L. c. 150E, § 10 (a) (1), when the city unilaterally reduced its percentage contribution to retired employees' health insurance premiums...

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