Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission v. Teamsters Local Union No. 250

SMITH, Judge.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Commission) petitions for review of the opinion and award of an arbitrator sustaining the grievance filed by Commission maintenance employees to protest the Commission’s use of an outside contractor. The issues raised for review are whether the arbitrator’s award draws its essence from the collective bargaining agreement (Agreement) between the Commission and the maintenance employees’ union, Teamsters Local Union No. 250 (Union); and whether the remedy fashioned by the arbitrator exceeded his authority under the Agreement.

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The Commission…