Borough v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Because the majority has exceeded this court’s scope of review in reversing the determination of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board) and has ignored the plain language of Section 6(2)(d) of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act (PLRA),1 which states that it shall be an unfair labor practice “[t]o engage in a secondary boycott,” (emphasis added), I respectfully dissent.

In determining the meaning of “secondary boycott” as contained in Section 6(2)(d) of the PLRA, the majority relies on federal interpretation of Section 8(b)(4) of the National…