These proceedings of the 66th NAA Annual Meeting feature speakers from both the United States and Canada. Highlights include a Distinguished Speaker address by Elizabeth MacPherson, Chair, Canada Industrial Relations Board; and a keynote address by the Rt. Hon. Beverly McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada. Canadian chapters cover off-duty conduct in isolated mining towns, the problems of negotiating collective agreements in a shrinking market as illustrated by Canada Post, the use of back-to-work legislation in Canada s airline industry, issues in the Canadian railroad industry, and an imagined salary arbitration for one of Vancouver s greatest athletes. U.S. chapters focus on defined benefit pension plans, public service without public workers, an inside look at the United-Continental merger, and an examination of current crossroad questions in education collective agreements. Joint U.S.-Canada chapters cover mediation by the arbitrator, arbitrating statutory rights post-Pyett, issues of accommodation, procedural and evidentiary issues in arbitration hearings, and more.
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