In Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co, Justice William Douglas spoke of the “therapeutic” and “cathartic” values of labor arbitration. The authors describe the possible psychologically… Read More »The arbitration hearing: Part 2. Arbitral therapy
A review of the cases and papers that preceded and followed the Trilogy cases.
A discussion as to the degree that external law must be considered, if at all, in the arbitral resolution of the terms of a collective… Read More »Judicial review of labor arbitration awards: a second look at Enterprise Wheel and its progeny
Reflections on the language of the Steelworkers’ Trilogy. The author warns against any construing of “industrial common law” that would allow arbitrators to go outside… Read More »Recent supreme court decisions and the arbitration process