Upper Makefield Township v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

SMITH, Judge.

Upper Makefield Township (Employer) petitions for review of a final order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (Board) entered July 8, 1997 in which the Board found that Employer committed an unfair labor practice when it refused to proceed to arbitration of a grievance filed by the Upper Makefield Township Police Association (Association). The grievance arose out of the parties’ 1990-1992 collective bargaining agreement (Agreement). The question presented to this Court is whether an employer must arbitrate a grievance where the griev-anee procedure set forth in the parties’…