Amalgamated Transit Union, ATU Local 168 v. County of Lackawanna Transit System

NARICK, Senior Judge.

County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County that granted peremptory judgment in favor of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 168 (Union) and against COLTS directing interest arbitration of a successor collective bargaining agreement (CBA). In this case of first impression, we vacate the trial court’s order.

COLTS and the Union have been parties to a series of CBAs for approximately twenty years. The most recent CBA began July 1, 1990 and was in force and binding to June 30, 1993 and from year-to-year…