The paper describes the a tripartite panel model designed by Arbitrator McKay that was used through several successive collective bargaining agreements by the parties to… Read More »Expedited Arbitration:Is It Expeditious and Is It Fair?
Mr. Dassios, General Counsel for the Power Workers’ Union, describes how the Ontario electricity industry’s expedited arbitration process substantially reduced a backlog of about 3000… Read More »Public Sector: Innovative Approaches to Public Sector Dispute Resolution – I. Taking a Walki on the Wild Side: Over a Decade of Expedited Arbitration in the Ontario Electricity Industry
The author examines the increasingly adversarial and legalistic nature of arbitration and how it undermines the objective of providing a quick, efficient and cost-effective means… Read More »What ever happened to the one-day arbitration? Expedited arbitration procedures as an effective method
Descriptions of the following grievance resolution processes:1. Expedited arbitration in the Canadian Railway Office of Arbitration2. Ad hoc arbitration on Canadian Railroads3. American Airlines expedited… Read More »By land and by air: Two models of expedited grievance resolution
The 1974 National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement was characterized as revolutionary in bringing harmony to a previously divisive industry; it included a new, expedited grievance… Read More »New approaches to dispute settlement: the food and coal industries. III. Labor relations in the coal industry
Arb. Nicolau contends that the arbitration process can be simplified to achieve cost-savings, time-savings and dispute resolution. The best way to simplify arbitration is to… Read More »Can the labor arbitration process be simplified? If so, in what manner and at what expense?
A summary and analysis of responses to a questionnaire to Academy members on the use of expedited procedures, concluding that it can reduce costs without… Read More »Appendix B: Reports of the research committee; Part II: Report on a survey of academy members on expedited arbitration
A review of elements of expedited arbitration systems in Canada that have been successful in compressing hearings and in ensuring the rendering of prompt awards.… Read More »Expedited Arbitration:1. A Canadian “Expediter’s” view
A discussion of the adoption of expedited arbitration as a permanent feature under the agreement between the Postal Service and the APWU. Expedited arbitration is… Read More »Expedited Arbitration: 4. U.S. Postal Service — a union prospective
A description of the Office of Arbitration within the Canadian Railway Board of Adjustment. The experience of the Office of Arbitration as an alternative to… Read More »Expedited Arbitration: 2. The Canadian Railway Experience