Borough of Emmaus v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

OPINION BY

JUDGE McCULLOUGH

The Borough of Emmaus (Borough) petitions for review from the September 16, 2014 final order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board), which dismissed the Borough’s exceptions to the hearing examiner’s June 3, 2014 order certifying the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association (Association) as the exclusive representative of all full-time and regular part-time firefighters of the Borough’s Fire Department (Fire Department) under the act commonly referred to as Act 111.1

In this case, the Fire Department was previously considered — or at least…