Commonwealth v. Commonwealth

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

In this case, Appellant, Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (“PLRB” or “Board”), and Intervenor-Appellants, Council 13 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (“AFSCME”), appeal from an Order of the Commonwealth Court. Therein, the Com*474monwealth Court reversed the decision of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, 120 Pa.Cmwlth. 336, 549 A.2d 240, in which the Board held that the Public Employee Relations Act (“PERA”), the Act of July 23, 1970, P.L. 563, No. 195, 43 P.S. § 1101.101, et seq., mandated that any unresolved collective…