The author reviews the background and status of collective bargaining for Canadian “public-service” employees — government employees or those in the private sector providing essential services to the public. The…

A description of Michigan’s system of legislated, issue-by-issue, final-offer, police- and fire-service arbitration, under which arbitrators are to consider, among other things, “the interest and welfare of the public,” the…

Professor Gershenfeld’s observations about interest arbitration. He examines the criteria for making monetary decisions, scope problems in the non-monetary areas, the “coercive comparison,” and the role of “public interest” factors…

In 1974, Iowa enacted a variation on final-offer-by-issue arbitration: the fact-finder’s recommendation on each issue is a third alternative for selection by the arbitrator. The legislation cover all non-federal public…

Arbitrator Hoh examines public sector interest arbitration laws, procedures and methodologies in Iowa, which features a final offer procedure on individual issues, and their implications for the Employee Free Choice…