First Contract Arbitration: A Case Study

This assignment analyzes the challenges faced by collective bargaining agreements in the US, focusing on inefficiencies in negotiations and potential solutions like the Employee Free Choice Act. The paper delves into first-contract arbitration, highlighting its significance through a case study of British Columbia's mediation model for newly unionized organizations. It explores the benefits of non-binding agreements and discusses their role in stimulating collective bargaining.

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Bibliographic citation
Vipond, M. (2011). First Contract Arbitration: EvidenceFrom British Columbia Of The
Significance Of Mediators' Non-Binding Recommendations. Labor Law Journal, 62(3),
145-177.
Abstract
One of the major problems faced over the years have been the problem of collective bargaining
agreement in the United States union movement. The paper highlights the reasons behind the
problem why the union cannot come into agreement with the management. The reasons
highlighted in the paper were inefficiency of the negotiators, unrealistic expectations of the union
and the legal and illegal strategies of the firm. The consequence of the issue is that there is
dissatisfaction amongst the employees, increased labor turnover and union decertification. The
paper finds out a solution of this problem is Employee Free Choice Act. This act stipulates that
the National Labor Relations Board provides first contract arbitration. When there is no
resolution to any particular negotiation or bargain the dispute is then passed to the arbitration
panel for collective first agreement that binds at least for two years. This remains unclear
whether the FCA contributes towards the voluntary bargaining. The paper contains a discussion
on First- contract meditation. An efficiency argument for the first-contract mediation has also
been put. The focus of this paper is the significance of non-binding agreement for stimulation of
first collective bargaining agreements. In this paper the first contract meditation has been
mathematically proved is immune to the insider and outsider problem of under hiring. The
British Columbia uses meditation for resolving the negotiations of first contract in case of a
newly unionized organization that has been providing important ideas for labor legislations.