Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission v. Commonwealth

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

In the case sub judice, we are asked to decide whether the Commonwealth Court was correct in holding that the Firsi^Level Supervisor Collective Bargaining Act, 43 *1087P.S. §§ 1103.101-1103.701 (the “Act”), violates Article III, Section 32 of the Pennsylvania Constitution and therefore is unconstitutional. The Act applies to a single public employer: appellee Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (the “Commission”) and mandates collective bargaining with the Commission’s first-level supervisors. For the following reasons, we agree that the Act is unconstitutional special…