Pay increase doesn’t undercut union retaliation claim in Newton, SJC rules

Pay increase doesn’t undercut union retaliation claim in Newton, SJC rules

MONEY CAN’T BUY LOVE, according to the saying. It also can’t buy an employer the right to take action against a worker that, on its own, would qualify as illegal retaliation.  That is the essence of a Supreme Judicial Court ruling issued Thursday in a dispute between the City of Newton and a sergeant on the city’s police force. A state board correctly concluded that transferring a Newton police sergeant, who also serves as a union leader, to nig…