County of Berks Ex Rel. Baldwin v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from the opinion and order of the Commonwealth Court sustaining Appellees’ preliminary objec tions and dismissing Appellants’ petition for review. For the following reasons, we now affirm in part and reverse in part.

This matter has a lengthy procedural history. On December 11, 1991, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (“PLRB”) certified the United Steelworkers of America, Local 3733, (“Steelworkers”) as the bargaining representative of all assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders in Berks County (“County”).…