Port Authority v. Local 85, Amalgamated Transit Union

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

In this case, the Port Authority of Allegheny County (“PAT”) was ordered by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to bargain collectively with their first level supervisors through the supervisors’ authorized bargaining agent, Appellee — Local 85 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (“Union”). The Commonwealth Court affirmed, 566 A.2d 653, and we granted review. The underlying facts are as follows.

Appellant, PAT, was created pursuant to the Second Class Port Authority Act of April 6, 1956, P.L. (1955) 1414, 55 P.S. § 551, et seq. In 1968, this Court,…