City of Pittsburgh v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This case poses the question of whether a city which establishes a revised pension plan applicable to new employees pursuant to the requirements of the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act, (“Act 205”),1 is required to enter into mandatory labor negotiations concerning the *537revised plan or whether it may establish its new pension plan upon consultation with the union.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 84, AFL-CIO (AFSCME) is the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit of City of…