Impasse and Grievance Resolution

Preface Acknowledgments PART I RESOLVING BARGAINING IMPASSES Public Sector Mediation: Some Observations on Technique Jonathan S. Liebowitz Implications for Fact Finding: The New Jersey Experience William R. Word Fact Finding in the Public Sector: A Proposal to Strengthen the Fact Finder's Role Harold P. Seamon A Suggested Remedy for Refusal to Bargain in the Public Sector: Final Offer Arbitration Howard Bellman and Harry Graham The Need for Compulsory Arbitration M.J. Fox and L.B. McDonald Compulsory Arbitration Versus Negotiations for Public Safety Employees: The Michigan Experience Robert H. Bezdek and David W. Ripley The Effect of Compulsory Arbitration on Collective Negotiations J. Joseph Loewenberg Mechanisms for Resolving Collective Bargaining Impasses in Public Education Harry A. Becker PART II RESOLVING STRIKES Public Sector Strike-Prevention: Let the Taxpayer Decide J.H. Foegen Quasi-Strikes by Public Employees Paul D. Staudohar Public Employee Bargaining Laws and the Propensity to Strike: Case of the Public School Teachers Robert J. Thornton and Andrew R. Weintraub PART III RESOLVING GRIEVANCES The Public Employee and Arbitration Robert Coulson Arbitrating a Grievance John B. Hogan The Impact of Statutory Law on Contract Interpretation in Public Education Grievance Arbitration Kurt H. Decker How Impartial is Impartial Arbitration When it Involves Public School Teachers? Harry Kershen The Canadian Approach to Grievance Adjudication in the Public Sector E. Edward Herman