The growing reliance on some form of third-party intervention – mediation, fact-finding or arbitration – as an alternative to the strike weapon in public employment disputes and to resolve community…

A report of the training efforts of the National Academy and other organizations, and recommendations.

The author reviews the accomplishments of the Academy over its first ten years and urges the organization to make further contributions to the parties and the process. The accomplishments include…

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 is posited to be an…

A discussion of the problems involved in developing new arbitrators. Issues of training, certification, potential blacklisting, apprenticeship, the role of the appointing agencies and of the National Academy are considered.

The Committee focuses on the shortage of qualified, experienced and acceptable new arbitrators, and remedial proposals.

A report, from the Committee On The Training Of New Arbitrators, of the Academy’s efforts to identify, encourage and train new arbitrators….

The author asserts that the soundness of the arbitration process lies with the advocates as well as the arbitrator, and that arbitrators, in general, do not often commit egregious errors…

The Committee states an urgent need for training of arbitrators in the unfamiliar aspects of public sector grievance and interest arbitration. The public sector might provide an area of training…

The author discusses the availability and utilization of arbitrators in the country and how busy arbitrators are region by region. He concludes that, except for Michigan and New York City,…