Ziccardi v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

Appellant, Linda Ziccardi, was employed as a clerk-typist I by the Commonwealth’s Department of General Services. She received notice on November 16, 1972 that her employment would be terminated on November 23,1972. Pursuant to the provisions pertaining to discharge in the collective bargaining agreement, appellant’s exclusive bargaining representative, AFSCME, presented her grievance and represented her through the various steps of the procedure up to the point of arbitration.

In the summer of 1975, appellant was asked by a union representative if she…