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Grievance Arbitration in State and Local Government - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 25, No. 3

Author(s): 
Joseph Krislov
Robert N. Peters
Page Count: 
11 pages
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Jurisdictions: 
United States
Practice Areas: 
States as Parties,
Public Organizations and Enterprises
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The authors are Professor of Economics, and Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, respectively. The study was supported, in part, by a research grant from the American Federation of Teachers. The authors acknowledge the assistance of AFT and National Education Association representatives, personnel officers in New York City, and American Arbitration Association and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service officers. In addition, the authors are grateful for the many questionnaire responses. Professor Alvin Goldman of the University of Kentucky Law School commented on an earlier draft of the article.

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Almost all collective bargaining agreements in private industry provide for the final and binding arbitration of disputes regarding the meaning and application of the agreement. Arbitration of disputes arising under an agreement in state and local government service was rare at the beginning of the 1960's decade. In fact, only 101 such governmental units were initially located for a study of grievance arbitration in state and local government in 1961. Not all these units responded to a questionnaire. As a result, only 44 responses were obtained in which the parties had negotiated an agreement that included grievance arbitration. Only ten of the 44 units reported having arbitrated a grievance.