Borough v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

I respectfully dissent. In reversing the decision of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board), I believe that the majority inappropriately faded to recognize well-settled principles of federal labor law in interpreting Act 111,1 and I would affirm the decision of the Board.

As the majority points out, in Philadelphia Fire Officers Association v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, 470 Pa. 550, 369 A.2d 259 (1977), our Supreme Court determined that Act 111 and the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act2 (PLRA) are to be interpreted in pari materia. Specifically, the Court stated:

We are of…