Borough of Nazareth v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

The Borough of Nazareth (Borough) petitions this Court for review of a determination of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) that the Borough had engaged in an unfair labor practice by refusing to submit to arbitration *680with the Nazareth Police Association following an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations relating to a new contract for members of the Borough’s police force. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we find that the circumstances here do not involve an unfair labor practice, which would fall within PLRB’s jurisdiction, but instead…