Labor arbitrators are experiencing an increase in the scope of cases outside the CBA, while the authority and power of parties and the authority of arbitrators have been circumscribed by statutory social agendas.

The author posits that the present forms of union organization and representation are not adequate to meet l of the organizational and representational challenges that lie ahead. He examines the economic, social and political forces that the union movement must accommodate in the coming years for effective representation to be furnished