Community College v. Community College, Society of the Faculty

OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

We granted allowance of appeal in this case to consider two questions of public employee labor law to which we adverted but left unresolved in an earlier opinion.1 First, does the Arbitration Act of 1927, 5 P.S. §§ 161-181, apply to arbitrations conducted pursuant to collective bargaining agreements governed by the Public Employee Relations Act of 1970 (“PERA”), Act of July 23, 1970, P.L. 563, No. 195, Art. I, § 101 et seq., 43 P.S. §§ 1101.101-1101.2301 (Supp.1976-77); and second, if so, what is the standard of judicial review applicable where the…