March 14, 2024 – Marielise Kelly obtained a finding of no probable cause and a dismissal of charges of prohibited practices under M.G.L.c. 150E §10(a) (5) against her client Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority [“MVTA’]. The Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1548, the Union for MVTA bus drivers alleged that MVTA was a joint and/or single employer with the drivers’ actual employer, Transit Connections, Inc. [TCI”] and also alleged that MVTA refused to engage in collective bargaining and/or engaged in bad faith and regressive bargaining with the Union. After investigative hearing, the investigator determined that VTA was not a single or joint employer and did not have a bargaining relationship with the Union. The investigator dismissed all of the charges against MVTA after finding that MVTA was not an employer of the drivers and that there was no probable cause to believe that MVTA violated the Law by failing to bargain with the Union or by engaging in bad faith bargaining because there was no bargaining relationship between MVTA and the Union. The case is In Re Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority, UP-23-10173.
At Department of Labor Relations, Marielise Kelly obtained a dismissal of all charges of prohibited labor practices against Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority
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