The panelists discuss just cause in public sector (non-federal).

The author examines the public policy grounds on which courts vacate labor arbitrators’ awards….

An analysis of the influence of the interaction of courts and the NLRB in enforcing or deferring to arbitrators’ decision making and opinion writing. Awareness of judicial standards and express…

Examination of (1) whether arbitration is especially vulnerable to pressure incompatible with fair and even-handed dispute resolution; (2) the appropriate role of courts in reviewing arbitration decisions; and (3) the…

In 1968, significantly fewer cases involving assertion of rights under collective bargaining agreements were reported than in prior years. The U.S. Supreme Court rendered only one decision relevant to this…

Discussion of means of framing the issues and proposed remedies before arbitration, and the costs of failure to do so

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…

A report of the Committee on Law and Legislation for 1969, National Academy of Arbitrators

Enterprise Wheel permits judicial scrutiny of labor arbitration awards to determine whether an award draws its essence from the collective bargaining agreement. The imprecision of that standard of judicial review…

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…