A review of case law that employer – union joint decisions without a neutral are the legal equivalent of an arbitration decision, for purposes of… Read More »Arbitration without neutrals: Joint committees and boards: 1. The legal background
The author asserts that, increasingly, courts are expanding the scope of the DFR to require types of relief which, if unchecked, may severely hamper unions… Read More »Breach of the duty of fair representation: One union attorney’s view
A panel presentation of the union’s duty of fair representation. Professor Summers discusses Vaca v. Sipes, traces the origin of the duty of fair representation… Read More »The individual employee’s rights under the collective bargaining agreement: What constitutes fair representation
A report of appellate litigation involving the arbitral process. The largest volumes of cases were (1) Section 301 cases files by individual employees claiming breach… Read More »Arbitration and federal rights under collective bargaining agreements in 1972
Discussion of the historical status of labor arbitration; evolution of the jurisdiction of arbitrators, the NLRB, and courts to interpret labor agreements; Supreme Court decisions… Read More »The arbitrator and the NLRB: The arbitrator, the NLRB, and the courts
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
Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation – 1965
Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation