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Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

University of Missouri School of Law

1992

Good faith negotiation

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Negotiating In Good Faith: Management's Obligation To Maintain The Status Quo During Collective Bargaining Under The Railway Labor Act - International Ass'n Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers V. Transportes Aereos Mercantiles Pan Americandos, S.A., Jay M. Dade Jul 1992

Negotiating In Good Faith: Management's Obligation To Maintain The Status Quo During Collective Bargaining Under The Railway Labor Act - International Ass'n Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers V. Transportes Aereos Mercantiles Pan Americandos, S.A., Jay M. Dade

Journal of Dispute Resolution

When an employer and employee-representative union engage in collective bargaining negotiations, their negotiating activities are covered under the auspices of the Railway Labor Act.2 The Act, particularly applicable today in the tumultuous airline industry, established a rather elaborate mechanism for negotiation, mediation, voluntary arbitration, and conciliation to avoid interruptions to interstate commerce, to protect employees' freedom of association with respect to labor unions, and to provide prompt and orderly dispute settlements. 3 Indispensable to this scheme, Section 152, First of the Act imposes a statutory obligation upon the parties to such negotiations to bargain in good faith.4 In International Ass …


Leading Horses To Water: May Courts Which Have The Power To Order Attendance At Mediation Also Require Good-Faith Negotiation - Decker V. Lindsay, Charles J. Mcpheeters Jul 1992

Leading Horses To Water: May Courts Which Have The Power To Order Attendance At Mediation Also Require Good-Faith Negotiation - Decker V. Lindsay, Charles J. Mcpheeters

Journal of Dispute Resolution

Settlement is a favorite of the law,4 and courts encourage it as a social good which may even outweigh other important policy considerations.5 Reasons for this favoritism include a desire to avoid the time-consuming uncertainty and cost of litigation,6 settlement's contributions to the efficient use of the court system,7 and a general wish for peaceful resolution of controversies.