Joint Bargaining Committee of the Pennsylvania Social Services Union v. Commonwealth, Labor Relations Board

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

Before this Court is an appeal by the Joint Bargaining Committee of the Pennsylvania Social Ser*309vices Union and Pennsylvania Employment Security Employees’ Association, Affiliates of Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO (Union) from a final order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) bolding that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has not committed an unfair labor practice in violation of Sections 1201(a)(1) and (5) of the Public Employe Relations Act (PERA)1 by refusing to engage in good faith collective bargaining with the Union with regard to the…