City of Philadelphia v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s decision to affirm the order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board) insofar as it prohibits the City of Philadelphia (City) from assigning Police Officers Edward Greene, Lester Johnson and John O’Hanlon to the Police Department’s Differential Police Response (DPR) Unit and requires the City to issue weapons, badges and proper identification to the officers. I dissent because the record demonstrates that the City fully complied with the arbitrator’s award by reinstating the officers to their former positions and by restoring their back pay…