Labor Arbitration in America

?This book will be a great value to labor educators who constantly face the question, "Where do arbitrators come from?" Although it will not guarantee success for an advocate in the arbitration process, the book does provide useful background information on the people who are called on when all else fails.?-Labor Studies Journal ?Thorough detailed, empirical data, presented in a user-friendly manner, the reader gains important insights into the decisionmakers' backgrounds, career development, arbitral experiences, aspirations, earnings, and types of cases.?-California Public Employee Relations "Thorough detailed, empirical data, presented in a user-friendly manner, the reader gains important insights into the decisionmakers' backgrounds, career development, arbitral experiences, aspirations, earnings, and types of cases."-California Public Employee Relations "This book will be a great value to labor educators who constantly face the question, "Where do arbitrators come from?" Although it will not guarantee success for an advocate in the arbitration process, the book does provide useful background information on the people who are called on when all else fails."-Labor Studies Journal

MARIO F. BOGNANNO is Professor and Director of the Industrial Relations Center, Carlson School of Management, The University of Minnesota. Among his publications are Labor Market Institutions and the Future Role of Unions (1992) and Contemporary Collective Bargaining. CHARLES J. COLEMAN is Professor of Management at Rutgers University-Camden. He has earlier published Managing Labor Relations in the Public Sector and Personnel: An Open System Approach.

Preface Introduction to the NAA Survey by Clifford E. Smith The Varied Portraits of the Labor Arbitrator by Charles J. Coleman and Perry A. Zirkel Members of the National Academy of Arbitrators: Are They Different from Non-Academy Arbitrators? by William H. Holley, Jr. Entry and Acceptability in the Arbitration Profession: A Long Way To Go by Joseph Krislov The Arbitrator's Cases: Number, Sources, Issues, and Implications by Charles J. Coleman Feast or Famine: Critical Differences in Arbitration Earnings by Mario F. Bognanno Surplus or Shortage in the Market for Arbitration Services: NAA Membership Status, Work Status, and Geographic Dimensions by Mario F. Bognanno and Clifford E. Smith The NAA Study: Summation and Conclusions by Mario F. Bognanno and Charles J. Coleman Appendix I: Questionnaire Appendix II: Administrative Agencies Contacted for List of Arbitrators Index