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” who object to losing. Mr….
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 collective bargaining as a “measure…
The procedural standards for the arbitration process set forth in three parts:Part I – Code of Ethics for ArbitratorsPart II – Procedural Standards for ArbitratorsPart III – Conduct and Behavior…
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 relationship. The author notes that…
Neutral consultants in collective bargaining
Neil W. Chamberlain, David L. Cole, John T. Dunlop, Robben W. Fleming, George W. Taylor
January 1, 1962 Proceedings Database
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 address that demand – that…
Arbitration and rights under collective agreements: Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1965
Joseph Brandschain, David L. Cole, Clair V. Duff, I. Robert Feinberg, Charles O. Gregory, Edgar A. Jones, Jr., Sanford H. Kadish, J. Keith Mann, Herbert L. Sherman, Jr., Clyde W. Summers, Jerre S. Williams
January 1, 1966 Proceedings Database
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 compel or stay arbitration; arbitrator’s’…
Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements: Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1966
Joseph Brandschain, David L. Cole, Clair V. Duff, I. Robert Feinberg, Charles O. Gregory, Edgar A. Jones, Jr., Sanford H. Kadish, J. Keith Mann, Herbert L. Sherman, Jr., Clyde W. Summers, Jerre S. Williams
January 1, 1966 Proceedings Database
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; parties to the action, obligations…
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 resolution under the War Labor…
Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements in 1967: Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1967
Joseph Brandschain, David L. Cole, Clair V. Duff, I. Robert Feinberg, Charles O. Gregory, Edgar A. Jones, Jr., Sanford H. Kadish, J. Keith Mann, Herbert L. Sherman, Jr., Clyde W. Summers, Jerre S. Williams
January 1, 1967 Proceedings Database
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; determination of whether a contract…
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, with optimism, that a resolution…