Municipal Employees Organization v. Municipality of Penn Hills

OPINION BY

Judge McCULLOUGH.

The Municipality of Penn Hills (Municipality) appeals from the May 30, 2013 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), which directed a grievance originally filed by the Municipal Employees Organization of Penn Hills (Union) on August 13, 2009, be submitted to a new arbitrator to hear and evaluate the case and render a decision on the merits. We affirm the trial court’s order with a modification addressed below.

The underlying facts of this case are not in dispute. The Municipality and the Union are parties to a collective bargaining…