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President Zack notes the increasing incorporation by reference of statutory rights into the CBA, and the “statute-reading” authority granted arbitrators by the Supreme Court in Gilmer. He posits the risk…

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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…

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How and why labor arbitrators decide discipline and discharge cases. An empirical examination.

A statistical analysis of over 2,000 discipline and discharge arbitration decisions and the rationale given in those cases in which the discharge penalty was mitigated. Concepts such as the quantum…

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