2022 - Boston Firefighters Local 718 vs. Mayor Michelle Wu, The City Boston

In 2022, Attorney Barrault secured injunctive relief on behalf of Boston firefighters who were facing termination over the vaccine mandate, one of the first in the Nation. Justice Sabita Singh granted an injunction blocking Wu’s administration from enforcing the unfair and illegal COVID-19 vaccination requirement, which Wu announced in December. The policy was a clear violation of collective bargaining and a previously agreed upon labor contract regarding testing and vaccine alternatives.  The ruling effectively barred the Wu administration from taking disciplinary action against any union member who was not yet vaccinated until the collective bargaining process had played out.