AAA/FMCS update: A view from the top
Reports from the appointing agencies, including caseload statistics, time and costs; litigation; training and other services offered; and trends
Spielberg Manufacturing Co.
Contract Interpretation; Part II: External law and the interpretive process
A discussion of the use of extrinsic evidence in the interpreting collective-bargaining agreement provisions. Resorts to extrinsic evidence for the purpose of ascertaining the parties… Read More »Contract Interpretation; Part II: External law and the interpretive process
Legalism in Arbitration; Part II: A management attorney’s view
A defense of greater adherence to more formal rules of evidence and more formalized procedures in arbitration to protect finality and assure certainty and fairness.
Recent law and arbitration: 3. NRLB deferral to the arbitration process: the arbitrator’s awesome responsibility
A review of key NLRB deferral decisions and related court decisions that have resulted in the expectation that arbitrators will apply the law. An increase… Read More »Recent law and arbitration: 3. NRLB deferral to the arbitration process: the arbitrator’s awesome responsibility
Significant developments in public employment disputes settlement during 1980
Significant developments for 1980 – including statutory, judicial, and related activity – in public employment disputes settlement at federal, state, and local levels in the… Read More »Significant developments in public employment disputes settlement during 1980
Title: Some far-sighted views of myopia
The author reviews the increasing entwining of arbitration and the law and warns Academy members against the conclusion of their “having made it” or being… Read More »Title: Some far-sighted views of myopia
Post-Gardner-Denver developments in the arbitration of discrimination claims
The author argues that, in the face of Gardner-Denver, arbitration remains the most effective means of resolving claims of discrimination. This assumes that parties are… Read More »Post-Gardner-Denver developments in the arbitration of discrimination claims
The NLRB and arbitration: Some impressions of the practical effect of the Board’s Collyer policy upon arbitrators and arbitration
An examination, by NLRB General Counsel, of the NLRB’s rules for deferring to labor arbitration in unfair labor practice cases. The history of the deferral… Read More »The NLRB and arbitration: Some impressions of the practical effect of the Board’s Collyer policy upon arbitrators and arbitration
Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements in 1973
A summary of 1973 and 1974 federal court and NLRB rulings involving labor arbitration. The authors discuss two US Supreme Court decisions, Gateway Coal –… Read More »Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements in 1973
Arbitration and federal rights under collective bargaining agreements in 1972
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