AFSCME, Council 87 v. Labor Relations Board (majority)
Annotate this CaseThe issue this discretionary appeal presented for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's review centered on whether a county was required to collectively bargain with a union representing county employees before a local workforce investment board could seek competitive bids for the provision of workforce development services previously provided by the same county employees. The issue reduced to whether the local board acted as the county's agent when it sought the bids and ultimately contracted with private entities for the services at issue. The appellant Union argued that the Local Board was to merely "advise and assist" the County in "setting policy to promote workforce investment programs," and that ultimately it was the County who needed to make the decision to bargain with the Union over seeking competitive bids. The Supreme Court found that substantial evidence supported the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board's finding that the County lacked control over the Local Board's decision to contract for the services through a competitive bid process, and that the decision was well within the statutory authority granted to the Local Board. As such, the Commonwealth Court's decision to affirm the Labor Relations Board's decision was affirmed.
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