Beckert v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, District Council 88

Dissknting Opinión by

Jgdgk Craig:

Where the judges of a court have chosen to exercise their judicial responsibility for hiring, supervising and firing court personnel by executing a collective bargaining agreement within the framework of the Public Employe Relations Act (PERA),1 we cannot nullify that lawful voluntary agreement on the ground of the independence of the judiciary.

The judiciary is not independent of the law, including the PERA. The central holding of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Commonwealth ex rel. Bradley v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, 479 Pa. 440, 388 A.2d 736…