Allegheny County Airport Authority v. Construction General Laborers & Material Handlers Union, 1058

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Allegheny County Airport Authority (Authority) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) that denied the Authority’s petition to vacate an arbitration award. The arbitrator converted the Authority’s discharge of Eric Allen (Allen) into a thirty-day suspension, concluding that Allen’s insubordination and serious breach of trust warranted discipline but not a discharge. The question we consider here is whether the Authority had bargained away its right to discharge Allen for such conduct.

The underlying facts, as found by the…