Commissioners v. American Federation

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

Appellants (Schuylkill “County Commissioners”) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of *451Schuylkill County which dismissed Appellants’ petition to vacate, modify or correct an arbitrator’s award in favor of Appellees (“Union” representing county employees working at “Rest Haven” County Home and Hospital). We affirm.

In accordance with the Public Employe Relations Act (PERA),1 the County Commissioners and the Union negotiated a collective bargaining agreement (Agreement) effective from January 19, 1977, until December 31, 1979. Like the parties’ prior collective…