Amalgamated Transit Union v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board) and the New Castle Area Transit Authority (Authority)1 appeal a Lawrence County Common Pleas Court order holding that a dispatcher/secretary should be included in the bargaining unit of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 898 (Union). We reverse.

On April 6, 1982, the Union sought to include the position, dispatcher/secretary, into an existing twenty-two member barg-aining unit composed of drivers, me*146ehauics and 'bus washers employed by the Authority.2 The dispatcher/secretary position iwas held by Rosalie…