Philadelphia Housing Authority v. Union of Security Officers 1

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

At issue on this appeal is the validity of an award of an arbitrator which reinstated a security officer employed by appellant Philadelphia Housing Authority whom the Authority had discharged. The Authority’s petition to modify or correct the arbitrator’s award was denied by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, and the denial was affirmed by a divided panel of the Commonwealth Court. Philadelphia Housing Authority v. Union of Security Officers No. 1, 55 Pa.Cmwlth.Ct. 640, 423 A.2d 1123 (1980). We granted allowance of appeal, and now reverse the…