Howard Bellman describes his early days mediating strikes in Wisconsin. He felt he was providing an important service for the...
By Howard Bellman
Hugh McIssac explains how he and others wanted to find a model where, unlike the adversary system, had people working...
By Hugh McIssac
When parties are white-anting each other outside the mediation room, things are in a downward, and probably for the moment...
By Geoff Sharp
When we first wrote about the writers' strike and the active picketing just down the street here at Paramount on Santa...
By Victoria Pynchon
“Professionals and unions just don’t mix. Unions stifle professionalism and are bad for business. They discourage creativity and take an...
By Blaine Donais
I. CITIZEN-TO-CITIZEN DISPUTES Alternative dispute resolution is traditionally defined as resolving disputes peacefully by means other than going to court....
By Stuart Nagel
Interest-based negotiation has been hailed as the savior of the contract bargaining process, enabling parties to reach better deals and...
By Grande Lum, Monica Christie
This article was previously published by CFIER. In the course of responding to inquiries about the use of an interest-based...
By Steve Barber
