A local workforce investment board created under state and federal law was not required to bargain with a union when it sought bids for provision of services previously provided by union members, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
The justices affirmed an order of the Commonwealth Court, ruling that the Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, created under the federal Workforce Investment Act and the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Act, was not an agent of the county government, so it had authority to contract out certain services through a competitive bidding process without collectively bargaining with the union whose members had previously fulfilled those services.
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