Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150C, § 1 (2026)
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Section 1. A written agreement or a provision in a written agreement between a labor organization or organizations, as defined in subsection (5) of section two of chapter one hundred and fifty A, and an employer or employers or association or group of employers to submit to arbitration any existing controversy or any controversy thereafter arising between parties to the agreement, including but not restricted to any controversy dealing with rates of pay, wages, hours or other terms and conditions of employment of any employee or employees, shall be valid, enforceable and irrevocable, except as otherwise provided by law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2024 · leading case: Int'l Org. of Masters, Mates & Pilots, Atl. & Gulf Mar. Region v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket S.S. Auth., 467 N.E.2d 1331 (Mass. 1984).
Int'l Org. of Masters, Mates & Pilots, Atl. & Gulf Mar. Region v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket S.S. Auth., 467 N.E.2d 1331 (Mass. 1984). “150C, § 2, which gives the Superior Court judge the power to enforce agreements to arbitrate as described in G. L. c. 150C, § 1. 2 By its terms, this statute also applies to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the Massachusetts Port Authority, and the Massachusetts Parking…”
Local No. 1710, Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO v. City of Chicopee, 721 N.E.2d 378 (Mass. 1999). “150C, § 2 (a), does not require that all procedural issues are a question for the arbitrator. The two statutory provisions properly balance concern for contract law with a policy favoring arbitration.”
Allen v. Hennepin Cnty., 680 N.W.2d 560 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004). “18 (2001); Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150C § 1 (1999). Second, these states' courts have not applied arbitration acts to their labor laws as has Minnesota, to-wit, in Eisen , the Minnesota Supreme Court stated that the UAA governs the authority and procedure for judicial review of…”
Bradley v. Sch. Comm., 364 N.E.2d 1229 (Mass. 1977). “G. L. c. 150C, § 1. G. L. c. 150E, § 2. However, those responsible for management of a public school system must establish policies concerning the selection of school personnel which protect the interests of their constituency.”
Town of Duxbury v. Duxbury Permanent Firefighters Ass'n, 737 N.E.2d 1271 (Mass. App. Ct. 2000). “See G. L. c. 150C, §§ 1, 11; Cape Cod Gas Co.”
City of Lynn v. Thompson, 737 N.E.2d 475 (Mass. App. Ct. 2000). “Our Legislature has codified that public policy with regard to agreements between labor and management in G. L. c. 150C, §§ 1 et seq., which provides, in § 1, that agreements for arbitration shall be “valid, enforceable and irrevocable.”
Town of Bellingham v. Local 2071, Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters, 833 N.E.2d 1176 (Mass. App. Ct. 2005). “G. L. c. 150C § 1, inserted by St. 1959, c.”
Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, Am. Fed'n of Teachers, Afl-Cio v. Sch. Comm. of Boston (Mass. 2024). “It states: "Upon application of a party, the [S]uperior [C]ourt shall confirm an award, unless within the time limits, hereinafter imposed grounds are urged for vacating, modifying or correcting the award, in which case the court shall proceed as provided in [§§ 11 and 12].”
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