The author, Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, relates that, in Ontario, a med-arb approach to grievances has proven effective, and that counsels have… Read More »The Development and Use of Mediation/Arbitration in Ontario
Grievance mediation is more expeditious and less costly than arbitration. Professor Goldberg explains why it is used less often, and how its use might be… Read More »Grievance Mediation: If It’s So Great, Why Isn’t Everyone Doing It?
Arbitrator Bickner offers practical suggestions to encourage grievance mediation, including, especially, in complex cases, for which the approach can be especially efficatious.
Attorney Pearson points out the limitations and deficiencies of mediation as a means of resolving grievances
Attorney Hayes describes the advantages and disadvantages of grievance mediation, and the success of med-arb, from his perspective as an attorney practicing in Ontario, Canada.
The risks and benefits of grievance mediation are explored, as are practical and ethical considerations. AT&T’s (southern region) experience with mediation is described and statistics… Read More »Mediating grievances
A description of the experiment, in the bituminous coal industry, of having an additional, optional mediation by an experienced arbitrator following the internal grievance procedure… Read More »Grievance Mediation:1. The coal industry experiment
A description of one company’s experience with a six-month trial period of grievance mediation. Mediation is viewed as providing a cheaper and quicker alternative to… Read More »Grievance mediation: 2. A management approach
A review of statutorily based grievance mediation procedures used for public employees in Michigan. The author reflects upon why grievance mediation does not enjoy a… Read More »Grievance mediation:3. A union advocate’s view