An outline of fact-finding procedures for federal public service employees in Canada. The broad sentiment is that fact-finding tribunals should be eliminated in favor of mediation, a sentiment the author…

Settlement criteria in public sector interest arbitration must be realistic but also acceptable to the parties. That balance may be difficult to achieve in the public sector, where salaries have…

An examination of the growing acceptance of interest arbitration in the public sector as a means of contract settlement and an alternative, or prerequisite, to strike. The New York experience…

A description of Pennsylvania’s six years’ experience with compulsory interest arbitration in the public sector….

A discussion of public sector final offer arbitration in Michigan.

A discussion of the public sector final offer arbitration process in Wisconsin.

A summary of 1973-74 state legislation enacting or amending public employee bargaining laws and court and agency decisions interpreting public sector bargaining laws.

Noting the growth of collective bargaining in the public employment sector in the United States, four Academy members report on the public employee dispute settlement processes in Sweden, Belgium, France,…

A report by the Academy’s Committee on Public Employment Disputes Settlement. By 1974, thirty-six states had enacted collective bargaining statues covering all or some categories of public employees. The report…

The economics of public employee compensation are discussed. The author urges arbitrators to familiarize themselves with labor statistics data, job qualifications, and the costs of wages and benefits. He concludes…