Philadelphia Teachers' Ass'n v. LaBrum

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

We here determine whether a school board’s refusal to participate in the designation of an exclusive collective bargaining representative for the teachers it employs is a “grievance or controversy” within the meaning of the public employes anti-strike Act, and thus entitles those teachers to the convening of a grievance panel under the Act.

The Philadelphia Teachers’ Association (Association) on behalf of its members, Philadelphia school teachers, requested appellant, Philadelphia Board of Education (Board), to join with it in the designation of an exclusive…