The Well-Aged Arbitration Case

The proponents of labor arbitration have always claimed as one of its chief merits that this process settles unresolved grievances more quickly than alternative methods such as court action. While this generalization still holds true, the evidence presented in this article reveals that over the past decade the time span between the first and last steps of the arbitration process has tended to lengthen significantly. The author explores the reasons for this development and its implications for grievance handling. (Author's abstract courtesy EBSCO.)