Armstrong Education Ass'n v. Armstrong School District

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Before us are consolidated appeals pertaining to a teachers’ strike in Armstrong County. The Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County had ordered striking teachers to return to work; the Armstrong Education Association (Association) appeals that order. The court also directed, in a separate order, that the parties continue collective bargaining and to this end it established a schedule of required daily bargaining sessions of a pre-determined length.1 The Armstrong School District (District) appeals from that order.

The trial court made the following findings. The…