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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150E, § 2 (2026)

Collective bargaining; self organization

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Section 2. Employees shall have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join, or assist any employee organization for the purpose of bargaining collectively through representatives of their own choosing on questions of wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, free from interference, restraint, or coercion. An employee shall have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities, except to the extent of making such payment of service fees to an exclusive representative as provided in section twelve.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 30 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: Branch v. Commonwealth Emp. Relations Bd., 120 N.E.3d 1163 (Mass. 2019).
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Branch v. Commonwealth Emp. Relations Bd., 120 N.E.3d 1163 (Mass. 2019). · cites it 2× “150E, § 12, unconstitutional on its face, and the exclusive representation provisions of the statute, G. L. c. 150E, §§ 2, 4, 5, 12, unconstitutional as applied to the employees.”
Sheriff v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 805 N.E.2d 46 (Mass. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 3× “126, § 9A, supersedes the officers’ G. L. c. 150E, § 2, right to wear union insignia absent a showing of special circumstances.”
Sch. Comm. of Danvers v. Tyman, 360 N.E.2d 877 (Mass. 1977). “We do not find in legislative authorization for schoolteachers to bargain collectively concerning “wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment” (G. L. c. 150E, § 2, inserted by St. 1973, c.”
Chadwick v. Duxbury Pub. Schs., 59 N.E.3d 1143 (Mass. 2016). · cites it 3× “” 11 G. L. c. 150E, § 2. As relevant here, it is a “prohibited practice for a public employer” to, among other things, (1) “[ijnterfere, restrain, or coerce any employee in the exercise of any right guaranteed under this chapter”; or (2) “[djominate, interfere, or assist in the…”
Chief Just. for Admin. & Mgmt. of the Trial Court v. Commonwealth Emp. Relations Bd., 946 N.E.2d 704 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “See G. L. c. 150E, §§ 2 (right to organize), 5 (powers and duties of the bargaining unit), and 6 (right to negotiate).”
S. Worcester Cty. Reg. Sch. Dist. v. Labor Rel. Comm'n, 436 N.E.2d 380 (Mass. 1982). “Under G.L.c. 150E, § 2, public employees have the right to form, join and assist unions and to engage in lawful, concerted activity.”
Massachusetts State Police Commissioned Officers Ass'n v. Commonwealth, 967 N.E.2d 626 (Mass. 2012). “See G. L. c. 150E, § 2. As the judge noted in her written decision, there is nothing in G.”
Lenox Educ. Ass'n v. LABOR RELATIONS COMM., 471 N.E.2d 81 (Mass. 1984). · cites it 2× “After an evidentiary hearing, a hearing officer concluded that a teacher who had drafted a letter, and a teacher who had sent to parents a letter, expressing the teachers’ intention to cease certain practices, had a right to cease those practices, and that the drafting and…”
Sec'y of Admin. & Fin. v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 749 N.E.2d 137 (Mass. 2001). “In one case, the commission concluded that the department unlawfully retali *342 ated against the nurses for exercising their statutorily protected collective bargaining rights, pursuant to G. L. c. 150E, § 2, when it transferred bargaining unit work to nonbargaining unit…”
Chief Just. v. Off. & Prof'l Employees Int'l Union, Local 6, 807 N.E.2d 814 (Mass. 2004). “Under G. L. c. 150E, § 2, public employees have the right “to form, join, or assist any employee organization for the purpose of bargaining collectively through representatives of their own choosing on questions of wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment'’…”
Bradley v. Sch. Comm., 364 N.E.2d 1229 (Mass. 1977). “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.”
Massachusetts Corr. Officers Federated Union v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 675 N.E.2d 379 (Mass. 1997). · cites it 3× “§ 157 (1970), which is comparable to G. L. c. 150E, § 2, the Supreme Court held that an employee requesting union representation during an investigatory interview has a right to such representation when the employee, as here, reasonably believes the investigation may result in…”
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