Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150E, § 6 (2026)

Negotiations; meetings

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Section 6. The employer and the exclusive representative shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings in advance of the employer's budget-making process and shall negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, standards or productivity and performance, and any other terms and conditions of employment, including without limitation, in the case of teaching personnel employed by a school committee, class size and workload, but such obligation shall not compel either party to agree to a proposal or make a concession; provided, however, that in no event shall the right of any employee to run as a candidate for or to hold elective office be deemed to be within the scope of negotiation.

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Cited in 82 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1976–2026 · leading case: Local 346, Int'l Bhd. of Police Officers v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 462 N.E.2d 96 (Mass. 1984).

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Local 346, Int'l Bhd. of Police Officers v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 462 N.E.2d 96 (Mass. 1984). · cites it 13× “” Turning to the separate question whether G. L. c. 150E, § 6, required the town to negotiate with the union before implementing the polygraph requirement, the commission applied a balancing test articulated in a prior decision, Boston School Comm.”

City of Worcester v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 438 Mass. 177 (Mass. 2002). · cites it 5× “That decision was not subject to mandatory bargaining under G. L. c. 150E, § 6, and therefore, the city’s failure to bargain over that decision was not a violation of G.”

Sch. Comm. of Newton v. Labor Relations Comm., 447 N.E.2d 1201 (Mass. 1983). · cites it 4× “The school committee’s obligation to bargain is set forth in G. L. c. 150E, § 6, inserted by St. 1973, c.”

City of Somerville v. Commonwealth Emp. Relations Bd., 24 N.E.3d 552 (Mass. 2015). · cites it 4× “Pursuant to G. L. c. 150E, § 6, “[t]he employer and the exclusive representative .”

City of Lynn v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 681 N.E.2d 1234 (Mass. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 4× “The commission concluded, however, that the involuntary superannuation retirement of Curley had an-impact on his compensation, a subject within the scope of G. L. c. 150E, § 6, and was thus a mandatory subject of collective bargaining.”

Town of Burlington v. Labor Relations Comm'n, 454 N.E.2d 465 (Mass. 1983). · cites it 4× “relevant here, the commission based its opinion and order on its previous decisions holding that, where the employer intends to continue to use services in its operation, and where those services have been performed by members of the bargaining unit, a decision to contract…”

City of Boston v. Commonwealth Emp. Relations Bd., 902 N.E.2d 410 (Mass. 2009). · cites it 4× “Under G. L. c. 150E, § 6, both the city and the union must “negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours .”

Boston Hous. Auth. v. Nat'l Conf. of Firemen & Oilers, Local 3, 935 N.E.2d 1260 (Mass. 2010). · cites it 2× “150E, § 7 (d), states, among other things, that if a CBA contains a conflict between matters that are within the scope of negotiations pursuant to G. L. c. 150E, § 6 (pertaining to terms and conditions of employment), and certain enumerated statutory provisions, then the terms…”

Serv. Employees Int'l Union, Local 509 v. Dep't of Mental Health, 14 N.E.3d 216 (Mass. 2014). · cites it 2× “10 This is in keeping with the requirements of G. L. c. 150E, § 6, pursuant to which public employers may negotiate in good faith only with a union.”

Local 2071, Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters v. Town of Bellingham, 854 N.E.2d 1005 (Mass. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 6× “We conclude that the twenty-four hour shifts at issue are within the scope of arbitration under the act: shift schedules structure the hours of employment and therefore constitute a mandatory subject of bargaining under G. L. c. 150E, § 6. Moreover, as the twenty-four hour…”

Local 1652, Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters v. Town of Framingham, 813 N.E.2d 543 (Mass. 2004). · cites it 4× “G. L. c. 150E, § 6 (listing mandatory subjects of collective bargaining); Boston Teachers Union, Local 66 v.”

Yee v. Massachusetts State Police, 121 N.E.3d 155 (Mass. 2019). “We recognize, for example, that pursuant to G. L. c. 150E, § 6, municipalities are required to negotiate with public employee unions with respect to the "terms and conditions" of union member employment.”

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