Scholastic Technical Service Employees v. Pennsylvania State University

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County setting aside the award of an arbitrator which reinstated Thomas McDowell to his position as Patient Service Aide with the Hershey Medical Center of The Pennsylvania State University. We affirm the lower court.

The arbitrator’s task in this case was to interpret the following provision of the collective bargaining agreement between the University and McDowell’s union:

If an employee receives three (3) warning letters the employee shall be discharged; provided, however, that if an employee does…