Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania State Troopers Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 2, 2013PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge McGINLEY.

The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) petitions for review of a final order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) which held that the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) did not violate .Sections 6(l)(a) and (e) of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act1 (PLRA) and Act 1112 when it deprived Corporal Edmund Fret (Corporal Fret) of Weingarten3 representation during an Internal Affairs Division (IAD) interview on July 22, 2009.

In July 2009, the IAD was investigating allegations of misbehavior against a PSP member. As part of that investigation, Sergeant…

2Cases cited5 opinions

Garrity v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
Estate of McGovern v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
Com., Emer. Mgmt. Agency v. Pa. Labor Rel. Bd.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
City of Reading v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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