A discussion of the problems inherent in reconciling the static language of the collective bargaining agreement with the pressures for industrial change and development. The… Read More »Work Assignments and industrial change: Reexamining traditional concepts
A discussion of the changes associated with technology that impact job privileges and job security, including the need for new devices to satisfy business requirements,… Read More »Work Assignments and industrial change: Job security, management rights, and arbitration
A discussion of the problems of “arbitrability” as it applies to the domain of the arbitrator and as distinguished from that of the courts. Challenges… Read More »Arbitrators and arbitrability
An analysis of the notion that an employee’s right to his job is a property right. An analogy is drawn between the CBA and the… Read More »Employee job rights versus employer job control: The arbitrator’s choice
Analyzing the small number of arbitration decisions then published on the subject (64), the author finds few consistent themes – and attributes this to inconsistency… Read More »The arbitration of disputes over subcontracting
Professor Cox states the legal effects of the Lincoln Mills decision, and offers three assertions: 1) those involved in arbitration cannot ignore judicial decisions under… Read More »Reflections upon labor arbitration in the light of the Lincoln Mills case
The author defines “management rights” as the “residue of existing functions which remain after collective bargaining negotiations,” within which area management is free to act… Read More »Management’s reserved rights: An industry view
The author views labor as an equal partner with management, and the management rights clause as recognition of solely the fact that it is management… Read More »Management’s reserved rights: A labor view
Arbitrator Wolff asserts that management retains its normal and customary rights except as ceded in negotiations but, implicitly, subject to the obligation of good faith… Read More »Management’s reserved rights: Discussion
The author explores two major lines of criticism of the labor arbitration process: The cost – time-lag – formality problem, and the management rights problem.… Read More »The labor arbitration process: 1943-1963