West Hanover Township v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

CRAIG, President Judge.

This case, involving the Public Employe Relations Act (PERA), 1 presents a first impression question involving the conduct of union representation elections by the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB), as follows:

Where the Public Employe Relations Act requires that representation elections “shall be conducted by secret ballot” and mandates that the PLRB “shall establish rules and regulations concerning the conduct of any election” to “guarantee the secrecy of the ballot,” does the PLRB act contrary to the statute in conducting a representation election solely by…