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• involving a collective bargaining agreement with teachers and nurses in the public education setting
• job security clause in multiyear contract not enforceable beyond the first year of the agreement
• requirements do not apply to dismissals based solely on budgetary factors provided that \such reasons are not proffered by the committee as a sham or subterfuge\
• G. L. c. 150E, § 7, “authorizes collective bargaining agreements for up to three years’ duration”
• job security clause enforceable during first year of multiyear contract; dicta that “matters relating to the timing of lay offs and the number and identity of the employees affected are proper subjects of collective bargaining”
• future salary advances under three-year agreement valid although no specific-appropriation for the advances made at time of contract; collective bargaining agreement authorized by G.L.c. 150E, §7

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