Weymouth Appeals Ruling to Rehire Crossing Guards

The Town of Weymouth has been ordered by the state to rehire 14 crossing guards after they were laid off in 2010 and now they are appealing it.

The ruling came on July 12 by the state Department of Labor Relations, who also ordered the town to give the crossing guards three years of back pay, according to Boston.com

The crossing guards were laid-off in June 2010 after Police Chief Richard Grimes chose to eliminate the crossing guard positions rather than lay off two patrol officers.

The state ruled that Weymouth officials broke state labor laws by failing to bargain with the union over both the layoffs and creation of the replacement jobs.

For more on the issue, read the story on Boston.com.