Richland School District v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Richland School District seeks review of an order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) requiring it to bargain collectively with the Richland School Service Personnel Association (new union), *47the exclusive representative of a unit of the district’s ■nonprofessional employees. The question presented Is that of whether a public employer may lawfully •refuse to bargain with a newly certified union after the employer and a predecessor union have entered into a- collective bargaining agreement covering the .period of time concerning which new negotiations are…