President Anderson provides a brief historical survey of labor arbitration in the United States, both grievance and interest, and cautions arbitrators to discharge so as… Read More »Presidential address: Labor arbitration today
William J. Fallon, 1985-1986 President of the National Academy of Arbitrators, encourages the use of humor to provide valuable insights into the solemn world of… Read More »The presidential address: The role of humor in arbitration
A review of the growth of labor arbitration and or membership in the Academy, and of the role of the parties in shaping the arbitration… Read More »The presidential address: Labor arbitration – a plea to the parties
Observations on the growth of arbitration as a career and full-time occupation, and its acceptability, without government coercion, by industry as a substitute for the… Read More »The presidential address: The promise and the performance of arbitration: A personal perspective
An examination of perceived threats to arbitration: increasing formality, judicial intervention, invocation of external law, grievant’s use of personal counsel, inexperience advocates, non-final arbitration, DFR… Read More »The presidential address: Threats to arbitration
Sardonically presented but engaging repartee between two highly regarded Academy Members. Their discussion evolves around the trend away from traditional arbitration toward a more complicated,… Read More »The presidential address – an exercise in dialectic: Should arbitration behave as does litigation?
Richard Mittenthal discusses the joys and satisfactions of a career as an arbitrator.
President Stark posits that “arbitration is still young and growing. It has all the attributes of a healthy, responsive institution, including normal growing pains.” He… Read More »The Presidential address: Theme and adaptations
This address discusses whether collective bargaining is a public or private institution; the inescapability of judicial review; and concern for the preservation of effective dispute-settling… Read More »Judicial Review Revisited – Presidential Address
Academy President Barrett states that the common law of the shop has developed as a result of arbitrators’ decisions that have spelled out what guidelines… Read More »The presidential address: The common law of the shop