Industrial arbitration

'''Industrial arbitration''' is a type of arbitration to prevent or settle labor disputes that may arise between an industrial employer and a union, union member, or union representative to prevent legal action taking place and finding less costly ways to settle disputes.

Taking an issue to court or a breakdown of negotiations can be dangerous for both management and labor, and as such parties are often willing to negotiate and plead their cases with a third party arbiter to come to fair decisions. Industrial arbitration refers to this process taking place in which labor and management will sit down and solve a dispute.<ref>{{cite web | last =Masse | first =Robert Jr | authorlink = | title =History of Arbitration and Grievance Arbitration in the United States | work =West Virginia University Extension Service Institute for Labor Studies and Research | publisher = | date = | url =http://www.laborstudiesandresearch.ext.wvu.edu/r/download/32003 | format = | doi = }}</ref>

This process often benefits the employer because it reduces the chances of a strike or legal action, and benefits the employee because it allows them more bargaining power and prevents mass layoffs in a dispute. However, at times the government has been known to step in regardless of arbitration clauses and force its own remedies.<ref>{{cite web | last =Elkouri | first =Frank | authorlink = | title =How Arbitration Works | publisher =Literary Licensing, LLC | year =1985 | url = | format = | doi = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last =Bognanno | authorlink = | title =Labor Arbitration in America | work =National Academy of Arbitration | publisher = | year =1992 | url = | format = | doi = }}</ref>

==See also== *Compulsory arbitration

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==External links== * {{Cite Americana|wstitle=Arbitration, Industrial|author1=Charles F. Gettemy|authorlink1=Charles Ferris Gettemy |short=x}}

Category:Labour law Category:Labor relations Category:Dispute resolution Category:Industrial agreements