Tewksbury dispatchers file labor suit

Eight Tewksbury police dispatchers, including several who were honored last year for saving the lives of two children, claim the town is violating labor laws by expecting them to work an hour per workweek without pay. In a unfair-labor lawsuit filed in October in the U.S. District Court, civilian dispatchers Kimberly Griffin, Lauren Beaulieu, Matthew Carapellucci, Christine Cicero, Janice Judd, Jason McNamara, Karen Poisson and Garin Worth claim they are required to work shifts of eight hours and 15 minutes, with the first 15 minutes labeled as "off the clock'' time as a condition of employment.



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