In this Article, Professors Abrams and Nolan discuss the principles which should be used by labor arbitrators in resolving subcontracting grievances under collective bargaining agreements. These disputes involve the fundamental and conflicting interests of labor and management in job security...

This article continues the joint work of Professors Abrams and Nolan concerning the major issues addressed in labor arbitration. Unionized workplaces often include in their collective bargaining agreements provisions for the payment of premium pay to employees who work in certain situations,...

In this article, Professor Abrams and Nolan continue their review of the common topics addressed by labor arbitrators. Vacations are a particularly challenging matter involving work qualification requirements and calculations of benefits issues. Abrams and Nolan suggest ways labor and management...

This article discusses the important factor of seniority which is used in most American workplaces as a measure of employee rights. Labor arbitrators are often asked to read and interpret seniority provisions in collective bargaining agreements to determine whether management has promoted the...

In this article, Professors Abrams and Nolan analyze the issues that arise under collective bargaining agreements concerning holiday pay. Such benefits are not a management gift, but are rather part of the employees’ benefit packages, and thus eligibility requirements should be read very...

In this article, Professor Nolan and Dean Abrams complete their discussion of the history of American labor arbitration up to the present day. In particular, they analyze the critical importance of the War Labor Board in the development of the labor arbitration process as the chosen means for...

In this article, Professor Nolan and Dean Abrams explore the origins of the modern labor arbitration process through its early years. Before the twentieth century, arbitration was used as a means for resolving bargaining disputes and industrial conflict. Only in the 1930s with the organization...

This Article will address the most significant issues that arise under call-in pay and reporting pay clauses. After discussing in general the different situations covered by the two types of guarantee clauses, the Article will address problems concerning the application and calculation of pay...