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The End of Arbitration as We Know It? Arbitration under Attack

Larson, David Allen - 2011

During the past few years arbitration has been under attack. Recent judicial decisions, newly enacted and proposed legislation, and populist sentiments are important and obviously can result in significant changes. But many of the criticisms leveled at arbitration can be addressed and, most...

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The Relative Bargaining Power of Employers and Unions in the Global Information Age : A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Japan

Dau-Schmidt, Kenneth Glenn; Ellis, Benjamin - 2015

In this paper, we examine and compare the impact of American and Japanese labor law on the relative bargaining power of the labor and management within the context of the new global economy based on information technology. We begin by providing a simple economic definition of bargaining power...

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‘Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?’ Technology Can Reduce Dispute Resolution Costs When Times are Tough and Improve Outcomes

Larson, David Allen - 2014

Cost reduction is one of the desirable results frequently attributed to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) processes. Although it is reasonable to assume that businesses always are interested in saving money, this goal takes on added importance when the economy is struggling. The cost savings...

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First Contract Arbitration and the Employee Free Choice Act : Multi-Jurisdictional Evidence from Canada

Slinn, Sara J.; Hurd, Richard W. - 2011

First contract arbitration (FCA) provisions are posed as a solution to the difficulties of negotiating a first contract for newly certified bargaining units. FCA is a longstanding, and no longer controversial, element of Canadian labor legislation. FCA provisions now exist in six Canadian...

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Hollywood on Strike! (Excerpts)

Handel, Jonathan - 2015

The Writers Guild went on strike in 2007. The big issue: fees for programs released on new media such as the Internet …. The strike was settled one hundred turbulent days later – but then the Screen Actors Guild spiraled out of control …, unwilling to accept the same terms but unable to muster a second strike. As the national economy collapsed, idled writers and …

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Improving Employment Standards Compliance : Institutional Learning and the Dual Regulatory Stream

Doorey, David J. - 2011

A reasonable starting point for improving the situation of vulnerable employees is improving compliance with the Employment Standards Act. This submission deals specifically with the question of how to do that through a set of relatively modest legal reforms. The proposed reforms would, firstly,...

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Collective Labour Rights in Latin America and Mexico

Castillo, Carlos Reynoso - 2010

This article provides an overview of the current situation and trends in Latin American labour law systems and a more in-depth examination of collective rights in Mexico, particularly as regards unionization, collective bargaining and strikes. Latin America is generally treated as a distinct...

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Trade Union Recognition and Australia’s Neo-Liberal Voluntary Bargaining Laws

McCallum, Ronald - 2010

When Australia deregulated its economy in the 1980s, political pressures built up leading in the 1990s to the dismantling of Australia’s industry-wide conciliation and arbitration systems. New laws established regimes of collective bargaining at the level of the employing undertaking. This...

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Regulating Conflict in Public Sector Labour Relations : The Ontario Experience (1984-1993)

Hebdon, Robert; Mazerolle, Maurice - 2010

strike sectors. Even after controlling for legislative jurisdiction, union, bargaining unit size, occupation, agreement …

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Raising Rivals' Fixed (Labor) Costs : The Deutsche Post Case

Heitzler, Sven; Wey, Christian - 2010

We analyze the bargaining problem of an incumbent firm and a union when the wage contract becomes generally binding. Our main application relates to competition among operators of mail delivery networks. We describe the Deutsche Post case which highlights the raising rivals' costs incentive and...

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