Employees of the Commonwealth

(1) With respect to employees of the Commonwealth, excepting only employees of community and state colleges and universities, no petition filed under the provisions of M.G.L. c. 150E, § 4 shall be entertained, except in extraordinary circumstances where the petition seeks certification in a bargaining unit not in substantial accordance with the provisions of this section. Bargaining units have been established on a state wide basis, with one unit for each of the following occupational groups, excluding in each case all managerial and confidential employees as so defined in M.G.L. c. 150E, § 1. NONPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES: UNIT 1: Administrative and Clerical, including all nonprofessional employees whose work involves the keeping or examination of records and accounts or general office work; UNIT 2: Service, Maintenance and Institutional, excluding building trades and crafts and institutional security; UNIT 3: Building Trades and Crafts; UNIT 4: Institutional Security, including correctional officers and other employees whose primary function is the protection of the property of the employer, protection of persons on the employer's premises and enforcement of rules and regulations of the employer against other employees; UNIT 4A: Department of Correction Captains; UNIT 5: Law Enforcement, including all employees with power to arrest, whose work involves primarily the enforcement of statutes, ordinances, and regulations, and the preservation of public order; and UNIT 5A: State police troopers and sergeants. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES: UNIT 6: Administrative, including legal, fiscal, research, statistical, analytical and staff services; UNIT 7: Health Care; UNIT 8: Social and Rehabilitative; UNIT 9: Engineering and Science; UNIT 10: Education; and UNIT 11: Firefighters. (2) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, nothing shall prevent the Department from finding appropriate: (a) The inclusion of related technical employees in any of the professional units designated 6 through 11, provided that the requirements of M.G.L. c. 150E, § 3 have been met; (b) One or more units of supervisory employees; (c) Separate units for employees of constitutional officers; (d) Separate units for employees of the judiciary; (e) Separate units for employees of the General Court; and (f) Other units for employees of the Commonwealth specifically established by law.