A discussion, reprinted from the Industrial and Labor Relations Review 24 (April, 1971), of sex discrimination in the workplace, the impact of Title VII of… Read More »The presidential address: Sex and the single arbitrator
An examination of the impact of arbitration on the formulation and administration of national labor policy. The interplay between labor arbitration and state and federal… Read More »The role of arbitration in state and national labor policy
The labor contract or the submission agreement defines the authority of the arbitrator. Arbitrators should visit statutory law in a case only if they possess… Read More »When should arbitrators follow federal law? – Comment
A report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1969, National Academy of Arbitrators
An examination of 1968 litigation involving (1) the rights of employees under Section 301; (2) some general judicial problems arising under Section 301 (including actions… Read More »Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements in 1968
Reiterates position previously taken – that arbitrators are bound by the law. Rejects the Mittenthal formula (1968, p. 42). Cites arbitrators’ decisions on both sides… Read More »The role of law in arbitration: A reprise
Discusses areas where Mittenthal, Meltzer, and Howlett are in accord regarding the role of law in arbitration. (See immediately previous articles.) Suggests that, in the… Read More »The role of law in arbitration: Discussion
Discussion of areas where NLRB and arbitration intersect. Expresses NLRB desire to accommodate and encourage arbitration. Discusses Board policy before and after an award issues… Read More »The national labor policy, the NLRB, and arbitration
Examination of (1) whether arbitration is especially vulnerable to pressure incompatible with fair and even-handed dispute resolution; (2) the appropriate role of courts in reviewing… Read More »Ruminations about ideology, law, and labor arbitration
An examination of the relationship between arbitration and the NLRB. Includes discussion of Board deferral to arbitration in unfair labor practice and representation cases, both… Read More »The arbitrator and the NLRB: Arbitration and the NLRB – a second look