Hazleton Area Education Ass'n v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

Opinion, by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Luzerne County .¡Common Pleas Court affirmed a Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board decision ordering the Hazleton Area Education Association to reimburse each non-union bargaining unit member. The Association appeals; we affirm.

In Hazleton Area School District v. Hazleton Area Education Association, 47 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 255, 408 A.2d 544 (1979), the Association successfully recovered wrongfully withheld wages for 600 members of its bargaining unit of whom approximately 300 employees are dues-paying Association members. Prior to distribution to…