Commonwealth v. United Plant Guard Workers, Local Union No. 509

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion that the arbitrator’s decision in this case failed to derive its “essence” from the bargaining agreement as required by Manheim Central Education Assoc. v. School District, 132 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 94, 572 A.2d 31 (1990).

In the early 1970s campus police regularly jump-started stalled vehicles on campus until the practice was discontinued because a state-owned vehicle was damaged while jump-starting another vehicle. After that incident, cables were kept at the campus police office and made available on a sign-out system to students and staff.…