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 is to say what the…

The author maintains that, under Collyer, deferral has been distorted to mean a national policy in favor of arbitrating all disputes involving contract terms, making compulsory a process that was…

A review and suggested synthesis of the Howlett/Meltzer debate over the extent to which arbitrators should consider the law in interpreting contracts. Moves from the obvious case where the contract…

The deficiencies of labor arbitration as a forum for the resolution of gender, race and other form invidious discrimination under federal law are examined. The tendency of arbitrators to view…

Reiterates position previously taken that, where there appears to be an irrepressible conflict between a labor agreement and the law, the arbitrator typically should follow the agreement and ignore the…

Reiterates position previously taken – that arbitrators are bound by the law. Rejects the Mittenthal formula (1968, p. 42). Cites arbitrators’ decisions on both sides of the debate. Discusses cases…

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 vast majority of cases, all…

A discussion, reprinted from the Industrial and Labor Relations Review 24 (April, 1971), of sex discrimination in the workplace, the impact of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of…

In his third address to the Academy, Wirtz summarizes the problems of the railroad industry, illustrating why private institutions must take public interests into account. The advent of new conflict…

An examination of the impact of arbitration on the formulation and administration of national labor policy. The interplay between labor arbitration and state and federal courts and administrative tribunals, the…