Opinion
No. 238 WAL 2016
10-26-2016
CITY OF ARNOLD, Pennsylvania, Respondent 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?