Pa. Board Can't Review Court Firing Over 'FAFO' Freebies

By Matthew Santoni ( January 8, 2026, 4:56 PM EST) -- The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board lacks jurisdiction to review an Adams County probation officer's firing over passing out stress balls with the irreverent acronym "FAFO" on them, since it did not fit a narrow union-related exemption to the courts' broad authority over their employees, a state appellate court said Thursday....

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