Capsule Reviews

This nontraditional "casebook" presents a balanced and nonpartisan survey of the situations and law encountered in labor arbitration. The book offers eighteen separate hypothetical case files, each based upon actual arbitration cases, which include witness examination transcripts and exhibits. The authors, who come from academia, union, and management labor law practice, have kept the needs of practitioners, students, and sophisticated nonlawyers in mind. The hypothetical cases cover such issues as absenteeism, drugs, sexual harassment, unsatisfactory performance, seniority, leaves of absence and holidays, strikes and lockouts, and management rights. Several appendices are also included, which contain sample forms, briefs, and statements, as well as examples of typical arbitration awards in selected areas of labor and employment law. Readers are to examine the case files from the standpoint of an advocate from both the management and union/employee side, as well as from the impartial standpoint of the arbitrator, and are to work through the case from pre-hearing activities to closing statements and the award.