President Zack notes the increasing incorporation by reference of statutory rights into the CBA, and the “statute-reading” authority granted arbitrators by the Supreme Court in Gilmer. He posits the risk…
A light-hearted review of the progress of women in the arbitration profession, and a word of cuation about the Academy’s upcoming vote on a change in its constitution, giving increased…
President Picher recounts the changing role of arbitrators in applying external law, culminating in the Supreme Court’s 2009 decision in 14 Penn Plaza v Pyett….
President Holley shares the wisdom of Academy colleagues and his own experience on how to become an arbitrator, conduct a hearing, and write a decision. (Avoid bench discussions! Don’t quit…
President Vernon addresses importance of preserving the cultural values implicit in collective bargaining: the human dignity of employees; the moral obligation of the employer to give consideration to their requests;…
Some examples of arbitration in action. The three examples are sufficiently out of the ordinary to merit a laugh….
A discussion of what is good and right with arbitrators, the process of arbitration, and the functioning of the Academy.
After introductory remarks on economic progress in Puerto Rico, the contribution of arbitration to industrial democracy, and the history of arbitration in the US and world-wide: a discussion of criticisms…
Labor arbitrators are experiencing an increase in the scope of cases outside the CBA, while the authority and power of parties and the authority of arbitrators have been circumscribed by…
Anthony V. Sinicropi describes the rise and decline of organized labor in the United States, the forces at work regarding each, and the rise of individual rights under federal legislation….