The author recommends using expert neutrals as consultants and as members of study committees for the purposes of fact-finding, to raise difficult issues, and to… Read More »The use of neutrals in collective bargaining
Analysis and recommendations drawn from a survey of arbitrator apprentices.
Professor Cox states the legal effects of the Lincoln Mills decision, and offers three assertions: 1) those involved in arbitration cannot ignore judicial decisions under… Read More »Reflections upon labor arbitration in the light of the Lincoln Mills case
The author is not referring to legal due process but, rather, “due process” as the exercise of authority with a “due” regard to the balancing… Read More »Due process of arbitration
The author asserts that problems unique to industrial jurisprudence should give us pause in drawing upon the analogy of the due process protections afforded in… Read More »Due process of arbitration – Discussion
Unions view the arbitration process as an extension of the democratic principles to the industrial world; the agreed-upon substitute for strikes or economic warfare, in… Read More »Arbitration: A union viewpoint
The author proposes greater use of third-party mediation as a substitute for arbitration, a more “realistic and therefore less narrowly legalistic approach” to arbitration, and… Read More »Arbitration: A management viewpoint
Arbitrator Alexander gives his perceptions on the evaluation of arbitrators by employers and unions. The lack of a generally accepted statement of what is desirable… Read More »Evaluation of arbitrators: An arbitrator’s point of view
The author highlights the different approaches to incentive taken by management and labor. He discusses the “tests of fairness” for incentive standards, and reviews them… Read More »Arbitration of disputes involving incentive problems: an industry view
The permanent arbitration system between John Deere and UAW locals at eight of the Company’s plants in Iowa and Indiana are described and evaluated, including… Read More »The John Deere – UAW permanent arbitration system