Questions from The Labor Relations Process

Chapter 11

Discussion Questions 3, 4

3. Discuss the similarities and differences between arbitration and judicial hearings with particular emphasis on the common law of the shop,admission of evidence, and the role of the arbitrator versus that of the judge.

4. Why are arbitrators decisions usually lengthy when one sentence could indicate who was right and wrong? Your discussion of this question should include the purposes of arbitration and its advantages, as well as disadvantages of an extensive arbitrator decision.