Examines the historical and current rationale for arbitration as a form of third-party intervention in labour management disputes. Covers processes and practices of arbitration, economic criteria including income-based policies as applied to contract arbitration, the role and scope of arbitrators as defined by public policy, judicial review, and industrial jurisprudence.
Prerequisites: 78 credits including a 3000-level economics course.
Course Credit Exclusions: None.
Prior to Fall 2009: Course credit exclusion: AK/ECON 4160 3.00.