Students begin with a study of the arbitration process from selection of the arbitrator, to rules of evidence, questioning witnesses and fashioning closing arguments. The course concludes with an actual hearing complete with a bench ruling from a guest arbitrator.
Students learn how to investigate, write-up and present grievances.
Cases are used to give students extensive practice in the skills learned. Learn about your rights and employers obligations under the law. Understand the factors that influence bargaining outcomes and examine model contract language on the topics commonly covered in collective agreements. Effective leaders know where they came from and don t repeat the mistakes of the past. This course places the unions of today into historical context by examing the political, economic and social development of the labor movement.