MASSACHUSETTS COALITION OF POLICE

and

SANDULLI GRACE, P.C.

2024 BASICS REGIONAL TRAINING SEMINAR

WHEN:

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. W

Lexington Minuteman Vocational High School

AGENDA

1. Coffee and Registration/Continental Breakfast (8:30-9:00 a.m.)

2. Welcome by MassCOP President Scott Hovsepian (9:00 -9:15 a.m.)

3. The Nuts and Bolts of Running Your Union - Tim King, MassCOP In-House Counsel (9:15-10:15 a.m.)

Labor Attorneys of Sandulli Grace, Lauren Kopec and John Becker

4. How to Draft and Process a Contractual Grievance (10:15-11:00 a.m.)

a) Attempts to resolve informally

b) Drafting the grievance

c) Required elements of a grievance

d) Keeping up with deadlines

e) Grievance v. ULP

f) Past Practice v. Contract Language

5. COFFEE BREAK (11-11:15 a.m.)

6. Handling Employee Discipline Issues (11:15-12:15 p.m.)

a) Contract language

b) Civil Service v. Contractual Just Cause Arbitration

c) How to appeal discipline

d) Internal Affairs interviews and report-writing

e) Criminal Charges

f) The Brady List

7. POST: Legal and Practical Considerations (12:15-12:45 p.m.)

8. Working Lunch (12:45-1:45 p.m.)

First Vice President John Nelson and Labor Relations Manager Michael Perreira

9. Interim Bargaining and ULPs (1:45-2:30 p.m.)