Fraternal Order of Transit Police v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

The Fraternal Order of Transit Police (FOTP) petitions this court for review of the May 20, 2003, order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB), which dismissed the FOTP’s exceptions to a PLRB decision declining to direct a hearing on the FOTP’s Petition for Representation (Petition). We affirm.

In its Petition, the FOTP sought to represent a unit of transit police officers employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) for purposes of collective bargaining under Act 111, the Act of June 24,1968, P.L. 237, 43 P.S. §§ 217.1-217.10.…