Columbia, Snyder, Montour, Union Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Respondent Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board) dismissed petitioner’s exceptions to a nisi *256order designating Pennsylvania Social Services Union (PSSU) as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit comprised of petitioner’s professional and non-professional employees. Petitioner alleges in this appeal that the Board erred in deciding that: (1) the fact that the Commonwealth, through the Department of Public Welfare (Department), makes reimbursement of petitioner’s program contingent upon petitioner’s adherence to Department regulations is…