Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150E, § 15 (2026)

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Section 15. Whoever wilfully assaults, physically resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with a mediator, fact-finder, or arbitrator, or any member of the commission or any of the agents or employees of the commission in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Whoever knowingly files a statement or report under section fourteen of this chapter, which report is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.

No compensation shall be paid by an employer to an employee with respect to any day or part thereof when such employee is engaged in a strike against said employer. No such employee shall be eligible for such compensation at a later date in the event that such employee is required to work additional days to fulfill the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, except in the instance when a regional or local school district does not receive authorization for a shortened school year from the department of education, in which case such employee shall be eligible for compensation at his regular rate for such additional days worked.

Any employee who engages in a strike shall be subject to discipline and discharge proceedings by the employer.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1979–1986 · leading case: Labor Relations Comm'n v. Fall River Educators Ass'n, 416 N.E.2d 1340 (Mass. 1981).

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Labor Relations Comm'n v. Fall River Educators Ass'n, 416 N.E.2d 1340 (Mass. 1981). · cites it 4× “It was agreed that the city saved $1,090,000 in unpaid teachers’ salaries, forfeited pursuant to G. L. c. 150E, § 15, by those teachers who did not report to work during the strike.”

Sch. Comm. of Burlington v. Burlington Educators Ass'n, 385 N.E.2d 1014 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). · cites it 2× “*49 We think it clear that the provisions of G. L. c. 150E, § 15 (note 8, supra), would bar any claim of that nature which might be advanced under a collective bargaining agreement executed on or after July 1, 1974.”

Boston Teachers Union, Local 66 v. Edgar, 787 F.2d 12 (1st Cir. 1986). “See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150E, § 15 (1984). Rather the Commission must seek an enforcement order from the superior court, in a proceeding to which the Union is a party.”

Sch. Comm. v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 486 N.E.2d 756 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985). “” See G.L. c. 150E, § 15. 5 Thereafter, on March 1, 1979, LEA filed a “charge of prohibited practice” because of the requirement of a doctor’s certificate from the absentees.”

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