The DLR is responsible for promoting stable, productive and cooperative relationships between public employers and their represented employees by administering and enforcing the Commonwealth's collective bargaining laws.
Ballot Question 3 (Rideshare Driver Unionization) Update
The DLR is accepting petitions from prospective Transportation Network Driver Organizations pursuant to G.L. c. 150F. Petitions should be submitted to efiledlr@mass.gov and must be approved by DLR prior to secure submission of any designation of representative evidence.
Contact Us
Fax
Address
Lafayette City Center, 2 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111-1750
436 Dwight Street, Room 206
Springfield, MA 01103
100 Front Street, Suite 310
Worcester, MA 01608
Submit a public records request to DLR
To submit a public records request to DLR, click here: Department of Labor Relations Public Records Request.
Or to search DLR public records, click here: Department of Labor Relations Public Information Search.
Who we serve
We serve public sector employers, employees, and unions. We carry out our objectives by:
- Investigating, mediating, adjudicating, and litigating public sector unfair labor practice cases
- Defining appropriate bargaining units and conducting elections in which public employees may choose whether and which employee organization they want to represent them in collective bargaining
- Providing mediation, fact-finding, and arbitration services to assist public employers and employee representatives in resolving labor disputes and contract negotiations
- Enforcing special collective bargaining laws related to municipal police and firefighters through the Joint Labor Management Committee
What would you like to do?
- Representation
- Grievance Mediation
- Contract (Interest) Mediation and Fact Finding
- Arbitration
- Decisions, Statutes, Regulations, Meeting Minutes, & Forms
- Q&A Re: Janus v American Fed. of State, County, Mun. emp.
- Unfair Labor Practices (Private Sector)
- Statutes and Regulations
- A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Employee Collective Bargaining Law