Discussion of recent criticisms of arbitration. Includes attempts to improve grievance and arbitration procedures and to train arbitrators. Also discusses existing and proposed alternatives to… Read More »The Presidential address: Arbitration and its critics
Discussion of tri-partite grievance arbitration boards. Expresses a preference for single arbitrator systems. Notes studies find boards more common in larger bargaining units and overall… Read More »The uses and misuses of tripartite boards in grievance arbitration
Summary of workshop on issues raised in the paper on tri-partite arbitration boards (1968 p. 152)
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
In 1968, significantly fewer cases involving assertion of rights under collective bargaining agreements were reported than in prior years. The U.S. Supreme Court rendered only… Read More »Arbitration of federal rights under collective agreements in 1968
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
A review of European Labor Courts, with emphasis on the Swedish system, as an alternative to arbitration. Suggests such courts are not a ready alternative… Read More »The Presidential address: The labor court idea
Review of processes for resolving impasses over new public sector contracts. Discusses major objectives unique to the public sector and means of achieving them.
Review of recent court decisions affecting collective bargaining agreements. Major subdivisions of report include statute of limitations; actions cognizable under Section 301 of the LMRA;… Read More »Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements: Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1966
After introductory remarks on economic progress in Puerto Rico, the contribution of arbitration to industrial democracy, and the history of arbitration in the US and… Read More »The presidential address