The author describes prevailing labor-management attitudes and suggests a recent general decline in respect and discipline, and increased contentiousness to which the neutral must respond,… Read More »Labor arbitration: The early years in retrospect3. An inductive analysis of labor-management attitudes, revisited
Discussion of the forces that have shaped labor-management relations and of current trends. Includes anecdotes from the silk and transit industries in the 1930’s, dispute… Read More »An inductive analysis of labor-management attitudes
Review of recent court decisions affecting collective bargaining agreements. Major subdivisions of report include individual employee rights under Section 301; actions cognizable under Section 301;… Read More »Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements in 1967: Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1967
A discussion of recent judicial decisions affecting labor arbitration and collective bargaining agreements. Key areas: Procedural arbitrability; obligations of successor employers; substantive arbitrability; suits to… Read More »Arbitration and rights under collective agreements: Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1965
Review of recent court decisions affecting collective bargaining agreements. Major subdivisions of report include statute of limitations; actions cognizable under Section 301 of the LMRA;… Read More »Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements: Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1966
The author perceives a public demand for a change in the way labor relations are conducted, and outlines a new role for neutrals designed to… Read More »Neutral consultants in collective bargaining
Review of the AFL-CIO no-raiding agreement, the sole purpose of which is posited as protection of the status quo with respect to the established bargaining… Read More »Arbitration of jurisdictional disputes: The AFL-CIO no-raiding agreement
The procedural standards for the arbitration process set forth in three parts:Part I – Code of Ethics for ArbitratorsPart II – Procedural Standards for ArbitratorsPart… Read More »Code of ethics and professional standards for labor-management arbitration
The author, a former director of the FMCS, opposes the “statutory emergency approach” to resolving labor disputes. He cites the national public policy favoring voluntary… Read More »Major labor disputes – reexamination and recommendations
The arbitrator member of the panel analyzes criticism of labor arbitration by the parties. He concludes that “most of the criticism comes from disgruntled participants”… Read More »The status and expendability of the labor arbitrator: A panel discussion