An examination of the political events and labor relations that have resulted in restrictions on the scope of public sector collective bargaining and union representation.… Read More »Can U.S. Public Sector Collective Bargaining Survive the Tea Party?
Professor Kochen describes how currently labor laws have failed, explains how the Employee Free Choice Act could function in practice, and describes how the Act… Read More »Labor Law, Economic Recovery, and Shared Prosperity
Arbitrator Hoh examines public sector interest arbitration laws, procedures and methodologies in Iowa, which features a final offer procedure on individual issues, and their implications… Read More »The Interest Arbitration Voluntary Settlement Success Story in the Iowa Public Sector & Its Applicability to the Employee Free Choice Act
The author discusses current issues in interest arbitration, including the allocation of increasing health insurance costs, comparability criteria, retiree benefits, he use of med-arb, and… Read More »Interest arbitration: Something old, something new
Rich Trumka describes the impact of the corporate bankruptcies on employees and, specifically, Section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code, and calls for an overhaul of… Read More »Keynote Address: Richard L. Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO