George Cohen is Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. He discusses the usefulness of mediation for the difficulties of first-contract negotiations, and the… Read More »FMCS as Proactive Labor-Management Facilitator
Arbitrator Picher explores the the recent trend, in Canada, of the parties requesting that the arbitrator mediate their dispute. Having conducted an informal survey, he… Read More »The Arbitrator as a Grievance Mediator in Canada: A Growing Trend
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
Professor Goldman explains how mediation can be performed more effectively by understanding the nature and relationships between the strength of 7 bargaining elements. He presents… Read More »Mediation Guidelines Based on a Bargaining Strength Model of Negotiations
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 author examines the increasingly adversarial and legalistic nature of arbitration and how it undermines the objective of providing a quick, efficient and cost-effective means… Read More »What ever happened to the one-day arbitration? Expedited arbitration procedures as an effective method
The authors describe the reasons that the Postal Service has adopted transformative mediation, implemented through its REDRESS program, for the resolution of discrimination disputes. They… Read More »Mediation of discrimination complaints at the USPS: Purpose drives practice