Settlement criteria in public sector interest arbitration must be realistic but also acceptable to the parties. That balance may be difficult to achieve in the public sector, where salaries have…
Smith discusses idiosyncrasies of interest arbitration in the public sector. Economic issues (wages and fringe benefits) present layered problems of wage comparisons, ability to pay, priorities, and uniform wage policy….
Forecasting the state of labor arbitration in 1980, Morris predicts significant growth of arbitration in the public sector, movement away from expedited arbitration, and disaffection within a younger work force…
The author encourages greater use of interest arbitration in the public and private sectors. He notes that binding interest arbitration in the public sector leaves the public with three choices:…
An introduction to papers that address interest arbitration in local transit and newspaper publishing
The author asserts that interest arbitration for local transit disputes has worked well, and that it is a viable substitute for a community crippling strike. He addresses the qualifications that…
Interest arbitration in the private and public sectors are differentiated by the power and the threat of economic loss that underlie bargaining relationships in the private sector and not in…
The author surveys interest arbitration in the newspaper publishing industry and maintains that a single principle has prevailed: that “Arbitrators will leave the parties where they found them unless the…
The author addresses the efficacy of binding interest arbitration provisions in expired agreements and concludes that interest arbitration should be invoked sparingly, and “as a continuing obligation only in the…
The author praises the appellate procedure for reviewing arbitration awards in the newspaper industry.