IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
CITY OF ARNOLD, PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 238 WAL 2016
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Commonwealth Court
v. :
:
:
WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE OF THE :
CITY OF ARNOLD POLICE :
DEPARTMENT, O/B/O PAMELA CIMINO, :
:
Petitioners :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 26th day of October, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal
is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:
Is a dispute between a union and a municipality arising out of a surviving
spouse’s pension benefit arbitrable under the Collective Bargaining by Policemen
or Firemen Act, 43 P.S. §§ 217.1–217.10, where the benefit was afforded to the
surviving spouse of a police officer or firefighter statutorily, and incorporated into
the parties collective bargaining agreement?