Bethel Park School District v. Bethel Park Federation of Teachers, Local 1607

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

On August 22, 1979, the Appellant Bethel Park Federation of Teachers, Local 1607, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (Union), struck in the Bethel Park School District (School District). After 27 instructional days had been lost in the 1979-80 school year, appellee School District, on October 2, filed a complaint in equity in the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court seeking a preliminary injunction against the Union and its officers and members from continuing to strike. The statutory basis is the Public Employe Relations Act, Act of July 23, 1970, P.L. 563,…