In City of Allentown, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered the City to implement an interest arbitration award which contained (among modifications to wages, sick leave, vacation, pension and overtime) a minimum staffing requirement of 25 firefighters per shift.
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FAIL: Union Argues Arbitration Panel Should Ignore Public Employers’ Ability to Pay
By Adam Santucci on
Yeah, I know, crazy right? Here is the story. Apparently the Union did not think so. When the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (“Union”) and the City of Philadelphia (“City”) could not reach terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, they submitted the dispute to binding interest arbitration.
The Union was seeking…