National Academy of Arbitrators

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The National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA) is a non-profit professional organization of labor arbitrators in the United States and Canada that aims to establish and nurture the highest standards of integrity, competence, professionalism and honor, among those engaged in the arbitration of labor-management on a professional basis.

1 Organizational Purposes and History
2 A Brief Overview of the Origins, Purposes and Principles of the NAA's Code of Professional Responsibility for Arbitrators of Labor-Management Disputes
3 The Due Process Protocol for Mediation and Arbitration of Statutory Disputes Arising out of the Employment Relationship
4 Judicial Review of Labor Arbitration Decisions and the NAA's Filing of Amicus Briefs in Significant Cases
5 The Common Law of the Workplace
6 Bibliography and Further Reading
7 References
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] Organizational Purposes and History

[edit] A Brief Overview of the Origins, Purposes and Principles of the NAA's Code of Professional Responsibility for Arbitrators of Labor-Management Disputes

[edit] The Due Process Protocol for Mediation and Arbitration of Statutory Disputes Arising out of the Employment Relationship

[edit] Judicial Review of Labor Arbitration Decisions and the NAA's Filing of Amicus Briefs in Significant Cases

[edit] The Common Law of the Workplace

One important project that the National Academy of Arbitrators did was to produce a treatise-like book, The Common Law of the Workplace: The Views of Arbitrators, edited by Theodore J. St. Antoine and written by fifteen members of the NAA. The book itself makes it clear that it is NOT official NAA Policy or viewpoint. One must note the WHOLE title of the book. Nevertheless, it is a readable compendium of scholarly articles written with differing viewpoints. In fact, the arbitrators disagree with each other on some major points. As the title reflects, there is even a difference of opinion as to whether there is a "common law of the shop." Upon careful reading, these analyses are tied to the record made before the arbitrator, and the unique elements of the contracts which the arbitrator is trying to apply and interpret. Black letter principles are followed by analytical examples. One learns that first line arbitrators are not applying a monolithic "The law of the Shop," but are instead trying to apply "The law of a Shop.' Rather than getting a "common law," the careful reader will find a sweet and melodious chorus, hewn carefully to each record, which gives some useful insight into how arbitration cases are really decided by arbitrators. ^[1]