First-Contract Arbitration Facts: The Canadian Experience
By Patrick Eagan-Van Meter,
Ross Eisenbrey,
June 25, 2009
June 25, 2009 | EPI Issue Brief #256
First-Contract Arbitration Facts
The Canadian Experience
by Patrick Eagan-Van Meter and Ross Eisenbrey
Canada’s use of arbitration to resolve negotiations of a first contract in a newly unionized workplace can teach us a lot about how the process could work in the United States. Read this Issue Brief for answers to some common questions about first-contract arbitrations.
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