A neglected and intelligent alternative to arbitration is finally coming of age.
Although not a substitute for arbitration, grievance mediation can be an effective, readily available and inexpensive means of resolving some disputes. Educator/arbitrator Bowers also sees it as an unjustly neglected preventive measure and seeks here to remedy that neglect by examining mediation's role in labor relations.
D003098:Collective Bargaining / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D004648:Employee Grievances; D006077:Government Agencies; D010559:Personnel Management; D014481:United States