Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Harry Kershen