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Unions push to extend just-cause protections and promotion arbitration to MWRA employees
Summary
Union representatives urged the Joint Committee on Public Service to advance legislation restoring 'just cause' discipline protections and arbitration rights for promotions to employees of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA).
Union leaders representing MWRA and other utility workers testified before the Joint Committee on Public Service urging passage of companion House and Senate bills that would amend the MWRA enabling legislation to grant MWRA employees the same workplace protections that other state employees enjoy.
Jim Durkin, legislative director for AFSCME Council 93, described the proposed change as restoring a "just cause" standard for…
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