The arbitrator member of the panel analyzes criticism of labor arbitration by the parties. He concludes that “most of the criticism comes from disgruntled participants” who object to losing. Mr….
This presidential address urges the Academy to become more involved in molding public opinion and therefore public policy regarding the settlement of labor-management disputes. Warns of the danger that uninformed…
The Secretary of Labor identifies the danger of using arbitration as a substitute for the parties themselves negotiating their own agreements and resolving the differences that arise thereunder, the need…
Review of processes for resolving impasses over new public sector contracts. Discusses major objectives unique to the public sector and means of achieving them.
Arbitration and federal rights under collective agreements: Report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1966
Joseph Brandschain, David L. Cole, Clair V. Duff, I. Robert Feinberg, Charles O. Gregory, Edgar A. Jones, Jr., Sanford H. Kadish, J. Keith Mann, Herbert L. Sherman, Jr., Clyde W. Summers, Jerre S. Williams
January 1, 1966 Proceedings Database
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; parties to the action, obligations…
The author rejects the compulsory arbitration of contract terms in the public sector: “Essentially, our union has learned, as the civil rights movement and the labor movement had to learn,…
Contract (interest) arbitration has deeper roots in American labor relations than does grievance arbitration and, when utilized, is regarded as a more significant process. The author provides a brief historical…
A welcoming address to the Academy meeting, which summarizes the broad scope of Puerto Rican labor and employment legislation. Current problems, particularly the prevalence of strikes in public sector employment,…
A description of Michigan’s system of legislated, issue-by-issue, final-offer, police- and fire-service arbitration, under which arbitrators are to consider, among other things, “the interest and welfare of the public,” the…
The authors consider the increasing use of arbitration for non-union employee grievances and the challenges, both ethical and practical, for NAA arbitrators called upon to hear and decide those grievances.
The Chronicle
- The future of labor arbitration – a challenge
- International comparison of the role of neutrals in resolving shop floor disputes. Lessons for arbitrators.
- Arbitral discretion: The tests of just cause
- Is the labor movement on the right course?
- The presidential address: Advocates I have known
- National Mediation Board – Adoption of the Code of Professional Responsibility for Arbitrators of Labor-Management Disputes
- Committee on Professional Responsibility and GrievancesOpinion No. 17
- Arbitration forums 2. Mature collective bargaining relationships
- Arbitration forums 1. Academia
- The arbitration process: 2. Arbitral craftsmanship and competence. Comment