Central Dauphin Education Ass'n v. Central Dauphin School District

CLARK JR., J.,

The underlying cause of this action was the inability of the Central Dauphin Education Association and the Central Dauphin School District to reach a new negotiated collective bargaining agreement regarding the terms and conditions *302of employment for the school teachers who make up the association, and who are employed by the school district. The prior agreement covered a four-year period that began on July 1, 1996, and expired on June 30, 2000.

Throughout the past several decades, agreements negotiated between the association and the school district have been guided by the…