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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 procedure, established arbitrator panels in…

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By land and by air: Two models of expedited grievance resolution

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 grievance resolution process. (Includes the…

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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 of dispute resolution. He then…

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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 grievances for a bargaining unit…

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Expedited Arbitration:Is It Expeditious and Is It Fair?

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 Kaiser Permanente contracts. the model…

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