The similarity between the arbitrator’s function in interpreting and applying the agreement and a judge’s function in interpreting and applying a statute is addressed, as… Read More »The role of arbitration in state and national labor policy – Comment
Commenting on the interrelation of the arbitration award and external law, Morris contends that specific federal labor laws provide a framework within which contracts are… Read More »The role of arbitration in state and national labor policy – Comment
A review and suggested synthesis of the Howlett/Meltzer debate over the extent to which arbitrators should consider the law in interpreting contracts. Moves from the… Read More »The role of law in 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
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