Strikes allegedly creating "national emergencies" are the events which evoke the keenest interest of legislators and the general public in labor relations. Such strikes have been extremely important, as the authors of this article point out, in influencing passage of legislation restricting the...

Focuses on the arbitration of labor-management disputes in the United States. Purpose of arbitration; Selection of labor arbitrators; Scope of arbitration; Procedures in arbitration hearing; Cost of arbitration. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

Presents legislative updates relevant to mediation and arbitration in the United States as of May 1948. Progress of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947; State public utility legislation; Taft-Hartley bill. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)