Philadelphia Housing Authority v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

I write separately to state my view that although the Supreme Court in Westmore-land Intermediate Unit # 7 v. Westmore-land Intermediate Unit # 7 Classroom Assistants Educational Support Personnel Association, PSEAJNEA 595 Pa. 648, 939 A.2d 855 (2007), abandoned the “core functions” exception in favor of the newly adopted federal public policy exception to the “essence test” standard of review of arbitrators’ awards, the essence test standard is still valid and reliable and remains the most lucid and precise standard by which the award in the case sub…