Pennsylvania State Police v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

I join in the opinion of the majority to the extent it concludes that the State Police [or PSP] committed an unfair labor practice and in that portion of its order which affirms the Board’s mandate that PSP bargain over transfer of the work of supervising the dispatchers. I must respectfully dissent, however, from that part of its decision which affirms the additional remedy ordered by the Board restoring the supervisory work to State Troopers.

While it is certainly true that “it is for the Board and not the courts to fashion a remedy for an unfair labor…