answer questions as an arbitrator

Please read You Be the Arbitrator (Scheduling Saturday as Part of the Workweek, pages 282 -284 in your text).

Please respond to the following questions:

1) As arbitrator, what would be your award and opinion in this arbitration?

2) Identify the key, relevant section(s), phrases, or worlds of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA), and explain why they were critical in making your decision?

3) What actions might the employer and/or the union have taken to avoid this conflict?

Please read Case Study 9-2 (Drug Testing, page 356 in your text).

Please respond to the following questions:

1) As the arbitrator, give your reasons for ruling in the union’s favor? Then give your reasons for ruling in the employer’s favor.

2) Argue for and against a decision by the employer in this case to insist on expanding the drug program to include the prohibition of sale, possession, or use of illegal substances on the employee’s own time?

One outside source and one external source for each set of questions.