Arbitration 2013 A Tale of Two Countries: Proceedings of the Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting Nationa Academy of Arbitrators, Vancouver, British Columbia ... of the National Academy of Arbitration)

These proceedings of the 66th NAA Annual Meeting feature speakers from both the United States and Canada. Highlights include a Distinguished Speaker address by Elizabeth MacPherson, Chair, Canada Industrial Relations Board; and a keynote address by the Rt. Hon. Beverly McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada. Canadian chapters cover off-duty conduct in isolated mining towns, the problems of negotiating collective agreements in a shrinking market as illustrated by Canada Post, the use of back-to-work legislation in Canada s airline industry, issues in the Canadian railroad industry, and an imagined salary arbitration for one of Vancouver s greatest athletes. U.S. chapters focus on defined benefit pension plans, public service without public workers, an inside look at the United-Continental merger, and an examination of current crossroad questions in education collective agreements. Joint U.S.-Canada chapters cover mediation by the arbitrator, arbitrating statutory rights post-Pyett, issues of accommodation, procedural and evidentiary issues in arbitration hearings, and more.