United Transportation Union, Local 1594 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Red Arrow Division

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The United Transportation Union, Local 1594 (Union), pursuant to Pa. R.J.A. No. 2101, has appealed from an award of arbitration made in a labor dispute between the Union and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) over the propriety of the discharge by SEPTA of one Anthony Ruger, a bus driver, for alleged substandard work.

The collective bargaining agreement provided a grievance procedure, the last step of which was “final and binding” arbitrators by a three person Board of Arbitrators, one each selected by the parties and the third selected under the…