The union representing state troopers filed a grievance after the law enforcement officers were suspended following former Gov. Baker’s 2021 order requiring executive department employees to be vaccinated.
The State Police Association will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. on Monday. You can watch it live on this storyMassachusetts State Police must reinstate seven troopers who refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19, an independent arbitrator has ruled. The troopers have been on unpaid leave, but the arbitrator’s decision means they can return to work with retroactive pay if they choose.
Massachusetts State Police troopers with medical exemptions to the coronavirus vaccine mandate are being punished and "punitively pushed out," their union representatives said. The arbitrator concluded State Police violated a collective bargaining agreement in the way they handled the cases of eight troopers who cited religious grounds for refusing to take the vaccine. The agency summarily dismissed the troopers instead of reviewing their accommodation requests, the arbitrator said Friday. One of the eight troopers later returned to work.
The State Police Association of Massachusetts criticized the former Baker administration for refusing to work with the troopers.
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