Roderick v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[T]he crucial question is whether petitioners have standing as individuals to bring these unfair practice charges to force the implementation of an arbitration decision when their union has refused to bring the action. In McCluskey v. Department of Transportation, ..., 37 Pa.Cmwlth.598, 391 A.2d 45 ([Pa.Cmwlth.] 1978), this court determined that an individual does not have the right to have his grievance arbitrated and that allowing this would seriously impair the process of collective bargaining between employers and unions. Furthermore, in Ziccardi v. Department of General Services, Bureau of Buildings and Grounds, 500 Pa. 326 , 456 A.2d 979 (1982) our Supreme Court found that a public employee, ex parte, did not have standing to enforce an agreement when the union refused to proceed to arbitration, and that the union has broad discretion in determining whether or not to pursue the remedy. Here the union pursued the grievance but the agreement clearly reserved the subject of classification, other than downgrading, for advisory, not binding arbitration. We find that petitioners lack standing as individuals to force the implementation of an advisory arbitration award.”

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   e.g. Case v. Hazleton Area School District