Collective Bargaining Assessment
4 essays of 200 words each
The essays are separate each essay must have their own references and quotes. Please do not put them together.
1. What are the differences between the FMCS and the AAA in their methods of selection of arbitrators? What are the advantages of why some employers and unions contract the use of a permanent arbitrator? Would you use this process? Why or why not?
2. What are the four structural arrangements in the grievance process of Harold Swift vs. Ecumenical Bagel Company? What is the importance of the individual personnel (both union and management) at each step?
3. Explain why costs and time lags subsequently render much criticism to the arbitration process. List solutions and the ways to improve these situations.
4. What are the traditional issues that arbitrators deal with? What are the new emerging issues they must now face in their caseloads and the problems these challenges present? Discuss.
References:
Sloane, A. A., & Witney, F. (2010) Labor relations (13th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.