Case Name: BOROUGH OF ELLWOOD CITY v. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Petition of Ellwood City Police Wage and Policy Unit
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2008-10-01
Citations: 598 Pa. 535
Docket Number: Appeal No. 82 WAL 2008
Parties: BOROUGH OF ELLWOOD CITY v. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Petition of Ellwood City Police Wage and Policy Unit.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 598
Pages: 535–535

Head Matter:
958 A.2d 492
BOROUGH OF ELLWOOD CITY v. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Petition of Ellwood City Police Wage and Policy Unit.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Oct. 1, 2008.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 1st day of October, 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, reframed for clarity, are:
(a) May a municipality, pursuant to its general police powers, enact an ordinance barring the use of tobacco products in publicly owned buildings, including employee workplaces inaccessible to the public at large, without negotiating with the exclusive representative of its employees?
(b) Must a municipal employer bargain with the police labor organization over the ban on use of tobacco products in the workplace and in the employer's vehicles and equipment?