A description of the AAA’s policy and practice in the submission of arbitrators’ names to the parties; of complaints the AAA has received from the parties and from arbitrators; and…

A comparison of 1213 published and unpublished arbitration decisions involving discharge. Variables analyzed include appointment source, private or public sector, occupation, length of service, and sex of the grievant, post…

Reports from the appointing agencies, including caseload statistics, time and costs; litigation; training and other services offered; and trends

A description of the changes taking place at the AAA, and request for cooperation in the development of statistical case data.

The author discusses the likely growth of employment arbitration, and the matters yet to be resolved for the labor arbitrator as a practitioner of employment arbitration….

Union “security agreements” can require all employees, as a condition of employment, to pay a “fair share” or representational costs. This is sometimes miscast as requiring union “membership”; the NLRB…

Arb. Nicolau contends that the arbitration process can be simplified to achieve cost-savings, time-savings and dispute resolution. The best way to simplify arbitration is to avoid it. Arb. Nicolau suggests…

A discussion of the need for standards of advocacy conduct and the absence of a means to enforce the manner and form of advocates’ case presentation. Policing by the NAA…

A discussion of the dilemma between requesting – prehearing and post hearing – permission to publish decisions….

The author discusses the statutes enacted between 1963 and 1978 prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, and age, and the practical limits of arbitration under collective…