The NAA agora: What’s right with labor arbitration, and how to keep it that way.
A panel discussion about the roll of the arbitrator, the mentoring and acceptance of new arbitrators, continuing education and training, and best practices.
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Presidential address: Contract reading revisited
An examination of the roles of arbitrators and the courts in interpreting and enforcing labor agreements. Bases on which courts have refused to enforce arbitrators’… Read More »Presidential address: Contract reading revisited
Advantages of arbitration over litigation: Reflections of a judge
Judge Edwards discusses the advantages of arbitration over the litigation of labor disputes, and endorses arbitration for employment disputes, including discrimination.
Remedies: New and old problems1. Remedies in arbitration: Old problems revisited
Prof. Feller agrees with Prof. St. Antoine, that the arbitrator is a “contract reader” and not a “contract enforcer.” The sole function of the arbitrator… Read More »Remedies: New and old problems1. Remedies in arbitration: Old problems revisited
Remedies: New and old problems – Another view
Some arbitrators equate their remedy power with that of a court dealing with a suit for breach of contract, and award actual damages, restitution, and… Read More »Remedies: New and old problems – Another view
Remedies: New and old problems – Comment
Mr. Katz, a lawyer representing employers, states “[It] is my own opinion that the apparent recent increase in successful judicial challenges to arbitration decisions and… Read More »Remedies: New and old problems – Comment
Judicial review of labor arbitration awards: a second look at Enterprise Wheel and its progeny
A discussion as to the degree that external law must be considered, if at all, in the arbitral resolution of the terms of a collective… Read More »Judicial review of labor arbitration awards: a second look at Enterprise Wheel and its progeny
The role of law in arbitration: Discussion
Discusses areas where Mittenthal, Meltzer, and Howlett are in accord regarding the role of law in arbitration. (See immediately previous articles.) Suggests that, in the… Read More »The role of law in arbitration: Discussion