Labor – Good faith bargaining – Town meeting advocacy

Labor – Good faith bargaining – Town meeting advocacy

Where the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board found that the Andover Education Association engaged in a prohibited labor practice by advocating for a warrant article before Andover Town Meeting that would provide a one-time payment of $800 to instructional assistants, there was no error in the board's conclusion that the union failed to bargain collectively in good faith with the school committee of Andover.