The article reviews the background and implications of adjudication hearings of a case in which a gifted specialist was retained while a senior teacher without special training was laid off. (CL)

The impact on the operation of colleges by the 1967 Taylor Law that gave employees of New York public education institutions the right to bargain for salary and working conditions is assessed. (CA)

Discusses the interpretation and application of contract language. Gives attention to the arbitrator's handling of ambiguity, intent, past practice, and prior record. (Author/IRT)

Describes a senior-to-senior mediation project which had goals to train elderly volunteers as mediators, explore use of senior volunteers in providing conflict resolution, and locate auspices for the establishment of permanent senior-to-senior mediation service. Describes program implementation, administration, and evaluation. Claims project…

Higher-education institutions in the US are increasingly hiring ombudsmen to resolve faculty members' complaints before they escalate into more serious problems. Faculty ombudsmen handle a range of complaints, from mundane disputes over office space to career-changing battles over termination.

Fact finding, mediation, and arbitration are three methods of resolving impasses in collective bargaining. All three methods imvolve the inclusion of a third party in the bargaining process. The mediator suggests avenues along which agreement may be sought, but has no power to compel acceptance of his suggestions. Fact finders have greater power…

Compared to subjects in the conventional arbitration condition, subjects in the final-offer condition had significantly lower aspiration levels immediately before bargaining, were closer to agreement at the conclusion of the bargaining, and felt greater personal responsibility for the outcome of the negotiations. (Author)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of mediation, particularly in a civil rights context. Stresses the importance of having court action as a fallback position. (CMG)

This document was produced by the authors based on their research for the report "Literacy, Numeracy and Alternative Dispute Resolution," and is an added resource for further information. It contains the appendices: (1) Published statistics on mediation/alternative dispute resolution in Australian courts and tribunals over the period…

An historical run down on teacher strikes and legislation concluding that the schools must have the authority to negotiate and settle. Collective bargaining, the author says, is a process of confrontation. (Author/AF)

Arbitrators agreed that the dress issue is not constitutional and that the employer's desire to maintain product cleanliness and employee safety takes precedence over an employee's desire concerning his or her hair. However, an employer's desire to maintain a certain image does not take precedence. (IRT)

Binding arbitration in public employment, in contrast to its use in the private sector, results in policy making which has the force of law. (Author)