City of Arnold v. Wage Policy Committee of Arnold Police Department ex rel. Cimino

OPINION

JUSTICE MUNDY

In this appeal by allowance, we consider, in the context of a grievance arbitration award, whether an arbitrator has subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate a dispute between a union and a municipality arising out of a surviving spouse’s pension benefit, where the benefit was afforded to the surviving spouse statutorily and incorporated into the parties’ collective bargaining agreement (CBA). For the reasons set forth below, we conclude such a dispute is arbitrable under the Policemen, and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act (“Act 111”), 43 P.S. §§ 217.1-217.10, because…