Butler County Deputy Sheriff's Unit v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

The Butler County Deputy Sheriffs’ Unit (Unit) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court), that affirmed a final order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board) dismissing the Unit’s exceptions to the proposed order of the Board’s hearing examiner. The hearing examiner dismissed the Unit’s amended petition for representation by a separate bargaining unit under the “guard” exclusion contained in Section 604(3) of the Public Employe Relations Act (PERA),1 which prohibits inclusion of any individuals employed as guards…