Date: April 14, 2026
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM (Eastern Time) - Includes a short break
Cost: $40
Instructor: Michael Mauer
Arbitration is one of the linchpins of union power: the ability to have a binding, enforceable resolution to our challenges to employer actions. This webinar will cover the nuts and bolts of arbitration: how an arbitrator is selected and how a hearing is conducted; time frames and costs for the process; and the finality of the arbitration award. It will also explore the politics behind this part of the union’s work: how a union decides which cases it will take to arbitration, including the legal considerations arising from the duty of fair representation (DFR).
The webinar will help sharpen the work of union members, leaders and staff who:
– want to be more effective in their grievance processing work, by understanding how to put in place the building blocks that will lead to a successful arbitration;
– conduct arbitration hearings, or who assist a local union lawyer or staff member who conducts hearings, by being more knowledgeable about how these cases are presented and argued;
– see that increasing the union’s success at arbitration is a path to forcing the employer to deal more seriously with grievances that the union pursues.
In collaboration with Labor's Bookstore, Michael Mauer offers a series of 2-hour webinars on a range of nuts and bolts topics of interest to union leaders and rank and file activists.Mauer is a labor lawyer by training. But all of his webinars address hands-on skills development not only in the context of the applicable legal environment, but also the organizing and mobilizing opportunities that all union work presents. |
What past attendees have said about Mauer’s Labor Bookstore webinars:
“Overall outstanding workshop”
“The presenter did a fabulous job with pacing and providing info”
“A large amount of information was packed into 90 minutes”
“Instructor was knowledgeable and had strategy in mind instead of only arguing or fighting”
“Great presentation of foundational concepts of labor law”
“Having a teacher who is both lawyer and laborer in mind and heart: the expertise alongside the fighting spirit was great!”
“The best part of this workshop: Instructor's breadth & depth of knowledge of the subject matter, and his relevant experience in the field”