CLARENCE R. DEITSCH is Professor of Economics at Ball State University and an active arbitrator. He is the author of three other books on labor management relations topics and the coauthor of over thirty articles appearing in such publications as The Journal of Labor Research and The Arbitration Journal.DAVID A. DILTS is Professor of Business and Economics at Indiana University, Fort Wayne. His articles have appeared in Management Science and The Journal of Labor Research, and his previous books include Collective Bargaining and Impasse Resolution in the Public Sector (Quorum, 1988).

• Preface Collective Bargaining and Employer-Employee Relations in the Public Sector Grievances: Causes, Effects, and Proper Handling Alternatives and Preliminaries to Arbitration Arbitration: Meaning, Types, Legal Foundation, Demographic Characteristics and Arbitrators, and Related Issues Procedure and Evidence in Rights Disputes The Arbitration of Contract Interpretation Matters The Arbitration of Discipline and Discharge Matters Decision Making and Arbitrators Afterword Appendix 1: Rights Arbitration: Arbitrability Appendix 2: Code of Professional Responsibility for Arbitrators of Labor-Management Disputes Appendix 3: American Arbitration Rules and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Regulations Appendix 4: Rights Arbitration: Contract Interpretation Appendix 5: Rights Arbitration: Discipline Annotated Bibliography Index

CLARENCE R. DEITSCH is Professor of Economics at Ball State University and an active arbitrator. He is the author of three other books on labor management relations topics and the coauthor of over thirty articles appearing in such publications as The Journal of Labor Research and The Arbitration Journal.DAVID A. DILTS is Professor of Business and Economics at Indiana University, Fort Wayne. His articles have appeared in Management Science and The Journal of Labor Research, and his previous books include Collective Bargaining and Impasse Resolution in the Public Sector (Quorum, 1988).

• Preface Collective Bargaining and Employer-Employee Relations in the Public Sector Grievances: Causes, Effects, and Proper Handling Alternatives and Preliminaries to Arbitration Arbitration: Meaning, Types, Legal Foundation, Demographic Characteristics and Arbitrators, and Related Issues Procedure and Evidence in Rights Disputes The Arbitration of Contract Interpretation Matters The Arbitration of Discipline and Discharge Matters Decision Making and Arbitrators Afterword Appendix 1: Rights Arbitration: Arbitrability Appendix 2: Code of Professional Responsibility for Arbitrators of Labor-Management Disputes Appendix 3: American Arbitration Rules and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Regulations Appendix 4: Rights Arbitration: Contract Interpretation Appendix 5: Rights Arbitration: Discipline Annotated Bibliography Index