By: Bosland
Price: $225.00
Edition: 2nd/2016
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ISBN: 978-1-941825-26-6; 1-941825-26-5
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Written by Carl Bosland, a long time advocate, arbitrator, lecturer and author on federal labor arbitration and arbitration advocacy, this easy-to-understand, yet comprehensive handbook on the labor arbitration process provides advocates, both union and management, with practical guidance and best practices to effectively prepare and present their case to a neutral arbitrator. After an overview of the arbitration process, chapters are organized to follow the sequence of the arbitration process, from prehearing investigation through posthearing appeals of the award.
Labor Arbitration Practice for the Federal Sector also includes extensive strategies, tactics, tips, and pitfalls to avoid on topics including:
- Advocate Selection, Case Investigation and Evaluation—including contract research, interviewing potential witnesses, and interview tips
- Arbitrator Selection—including collective bargaining agreement procedures and the qualities of an ideal arbitrator
- Case Preparation—including case strategy and case sequencing
- Prehearing Practice—arranging for the hearing, challenges to arbitrability, motions in limine and discovery disputes
- Witness Selection And Preparation
- Hearing Day Preliminaries—including procedural issues
- Opening Statements—including how to prepare and present an effective opening statement
- Making Your Record—including rules of evidence, fundamentals of contract interpretation, and burdens of proof
- Witness Testimony
- Direct Examination—including effective direct examination techniques
- Cross-Examination—including effective cross-examination techniques and impeachment
- Effective Use Of Exhibits—including how to offer an exhibit and objections to exhibits
- Closing Arguments—including preparation and execution of effective closing arguments
- Post-Award Practice—including remedies, motions, challenging awards, and FLRA exceptions to arbitration awards
Also included are a detailed table of contents and bibliography.
Also available as a .pdf file on a CD-ROM or as an ebook for instant download.
200 pages.
BOOK REVIEWS
Carl Bosland’s excellent Labor Arbitration Practice for the Federal Sector has already earned a permanent and prominent place with my advocacy resources. While targeted at labor arbitration practice, the practice points it explains apply equally well to almost any advocacy setting, whether EEOC, MSPB, FLRA, NLRB, or court proceedings.
Labor Arbitration Practice provides a concise, yet thorough and comprehensive practice guide for all aspects of labor arbitration. Whether for the first-time advocate, or the experienced manager, Mr. Bosland’s invaluable book delivers precise, on-point practical counsel from pre-arbitration case investigation through to building the record and avenues of appeal. Particularly helpful are an impressively useful Bibliography, and an outstanding Table of Contents which gets the reader to exactly the necessary subject.
I highly recommend this valuable resource.
Harold J. Hughes
Former General Counsel
United States Postal Service
I have Carl's book and it is fantastic. It is the most comprehensive book on arbitration I have seen. Good job Carl!!!
Kathy Fragnoli
Arbitrator-Mediator
President, Resolution Group
Labor Arbitration Practice for the Federal Sector is an excellent reference for the federal labor arbitration practitioner as well as neutrals. It is a concise, well organized resource offering guidance on all aspects of labor arbitration. Carl’s observations are insightful, born of many years of experience both as an advocate and an arbitrator. I would highly recommend it to all federal practitioners, novice or experienced.
Diane Dunham Massey, JD
Arbitrator/Mediator
Member, National Academy of Arbitrators
An excellent piece of work and a very thorough treatment of the topic. I really like the way the material is laid out; in the sequence an advocate would handle an arbitration, from reviewing the grievance file to appellate options following the receipt of the arbitration decision. A fine job of combining substantive principles of law and arbitration with practical pointers. I particularly like Chapter 6 on witness selection and preparation, an area that is too often overlooked by even experienced advocates. This book would benefit lawyer and non-lawyer advocates alike.
Jim Bailey
Director of Field Operations and Organizing
NTEU
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