Sunday, March 24, 2013

APWU prevails in contracting arbitration

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Arbitrator Stephen Goldberg has, in large part, sustained a grievance filed by APWU claiming the Postal Service misinterpreted contractual o...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

City improperly terminated Union release agreement

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A substantial reduction in the size of the police force did not constitute an emergency justifying the termination of the Local President...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Workplace Bullying

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Bullying  continues to emerge as a problem in the workplace, and has been identified as potentially the next major battleground in employmen...
Sunday, March 3, 2013

Police officers, Chain of Command and Discipline

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An arbitrator has upheld the discipline imposed on a police officer for his conduct in handling a domestic violence call that also involved ...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

A noose, cluelessness and public policy

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The Supreme Court of Washington has refused to overturn an arbitrator's award reducing the discipline of an employee who had hung a noo...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

New York High Court: Positive drug test doesn't compel termination

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The New York Court of Appeals has rejected an effort by the Shenendowa Central School District Board of Education to vacate an arbitration a...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Comcast unsuccessful in effort to set aside award

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Courthouse News Service reports on a decision rejecting Comcast's efforts to set aside an arbitrator's award. Comcast claimed that ...