Sweet v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

The proceedings which give rise to this appeal began on June 19, 1972, when the Service Employees Interna*458tional Union, Local 585 (SEIU), filed with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (the Board) a petition for representation of public employees, at No. PERAR-2209-W, alleging that it was the appropriate unit for the purpose of collective bargaining for “all court-related employees of Washington County.”1 The petition further alleged that the public employer was the County of Washington acting through its County Commissioners and that a copy of the petition…