Reichley v. North Penn School District

OPINION OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County holding that the Public Employee Relations Act (PERA), Act of July 23, 1970, P.L. 563, No. 195, 43 P.S. § 1101.101 et seq., is unconstitutional insofar as it *522allows strikes by public educators. Our jurisdiction derives from 42 Pa.C.S. § 722(7).

This matter arose in 1986, when negotiation and mediation failed to produce a new collective bargaining agreement between the North Penn School District and the North Penn Education Association. As permitted by Section 1003 of PERA, 43…