# Borough of Ellwood City v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 1, 2008 · 598 Pa. 535

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2304547

## Case

- **Full name:** Borough of Ellwood City v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board Petition of Ellwood City Police Wage and Policy Unit.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 1, 2008
- **Citations:** 598 Pa. 535; 958 A.2d 492
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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?

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