· 6/3/1977
St. Joseph's Hospital v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
Citations
- 373 A.2d 1069
- 473 Pa. 101
- 1977 Pa. LEXIS 694
- 95 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2759
How courts have described this case
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- discussing the PLRB’s salient findings that a supervisor knew of the union activities of discharged employees and “that her anti-union attitude combined with this knowledge to motivate the discharges” (emphasis added)
- hospital’s failure to follow its progressive discipline policy in discharging two nurses engaged in union organizing activities supported an inference that they were discharged because of their union activities
- hospital’s failure to follow its progressive discipline policy, resulting in the disparate treatment of two nurses engaged in union activities, supported an inference they were discharged because of their union activities
- the scope of an appellate court's review is limited to determining whether the Board's findings are supported by substantial evidence and whether the conclusions drawn from those facts are reasonable, and not capricious, arbitrary, or illegal
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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
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