Bizet’s CARMEN, Wagner’s RING CYCLE, Melville’s BILLY BUDD, and Hugo’s LES MISERABLES and North American First Nations legend, THE PAJAMA GAME and Carroll’s ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND are presented as…

The authors assert that precluding class actions would undermine the private enforcement of important public policies, including nondiscriminationand consumer protection. If class actions are eliminated, economically unfeasible but socially necessary…

Employment law is witnessing a great upsurge in class action filings for wages and hours, for discrimination, and for other claims. Class action waivers can blunt, if not entirely eliminate,…

The author presents data revealing that current labor arbitration procedures derive not from statutes, court decisions or the common agreement of the parties, but from (1) the arbitrators before whom…

President Fleischli describes how his work experience brought him to service as a labor arbitrator, and the reasons that he finds the practice to be satisfying and worthwhile. He emphasizes…

Labor and management advocates describe the attributes they seek in an arbitrator, the conduct of the hearing, the handling of evidence, closing statements, mediation, decision-writing and remedies.

Professor Grodin examines four U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The first deals with setting aside a labor arbitrator’s award that conflicts with “public policy”; the second with judicial authority to overrule…

Arbitrators Davey, Linn and Parson offer guidance in the consideration of equities when applying the terms of the CBA, as well as other advice on the practice of arbitration.

Seward suggests that the true measure of the progress of arbitration is not solely in the body of opinions but in the development of the institution itself, as an orderly…

A discussion of the effect of a continuing business recession on labor arbitration in the context of strong unions and extensive collective bargaining. The author forecasts continued growth and a…