Luzerne Intermediate Unit No. 18 v. Luzerne Intermediate Unit Education Ass'n

OPINION BY Judge BROBSON.

Appellant Luzerne Intermediate Unit No. 18 (LIU) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court), which denied LIU’s petition to partially vacate an arbitration award. In the award, an arbitrator sustained the Luzerne Intermediate Unit Education Association, PSEA/NEA’s (Association) grievance in part and denied the grievance in part. In so doing, the arbitrator directed LIU to provide the following to the Association’s bargaining unit members for the 2010-2011 work year: (1) appropriate salary step and column increases, (2) a new…