Township of Teaneck v. Teaneck Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Ass'n Local No. 42

The opinion of the court was delivered by

COLLESTER, J.A.D.

The Township of Teaneck appeals from an order of the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) entered on October 28, 1999, affirming a public interest arbitration award settling an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations between Teaneck and the Teaneck Firemans Mutual Benevolent Association Local 42 (FMBA), which represents Teaneck’s sixty-eight rank and file firefighters. The FMBA cross-appeals from that portion of the order modifying the arbitration award. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The collective bargaining…