Commonwealth v. United Plant Guard Workers, Local Union No. 509

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State System of Higher Education (SSHE) appeals from an arbitrator’s award which sustained a grievance brought by the United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local Union No. 509 (Union), on behalf of campus police officers at Lock Haven University.1

In the early 1970’s, as part of their job duties, campus police officers regularly jump-started stalled vehicles on campus until the practice was discontinued in 1975 because a state-owned vehicle was damaged while jump-starting another vehicle. After that incident, cables were kept at the campus…