Biography
MEDIATION/ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE
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National Grievance Mediation Panel, MREP, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
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Arbitration Panel Member: FMCS; AAA; Washington PERC; Oregon ERB; Montana ERB; National Mediation Board
Grievance Arbitrator under Canada Labour Code
Unjust Dismissal Adjudicator and Wage Recovery Referee under Canada Labour Code
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Permanent Mediation Panel Member: United Airlines and Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO; Southern California Gas Company and Utility Workers Union of America and International Chemical Workers Union, AFL-CIO; Mesaba Airlines and Air Line Pilots Association
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Permanent Arbitration Panel Member: Major League Baseball (MLB) and MLB Players' Association; State of Oregon and SEIU Local 503 OPEU; National Air Traffic Controllers' Association and Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska and Northwest Mountain Regions; Hawaiian Airlines and AFA; Kaiser Permanente and Oregon Nurses Association; Southwestern Bell Telephone and CWA; Northwest Airlines and AFA; U.S. Department of Labor and the National Council of Field Labor Locals; California State University and California Faculty Association.
LABOR RELATIONS EXPERIENCE
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Facilitator, Joint Labor Management Committees: American Airlines and Association of Professional Flight Attendants, 1995-1998; Southern California Gas Company and Utility Workers Union of America and International Chemical Workers Union, AFL-CIO, 1997-98; King County (Washington) Joint Labor Management Committee, 1995
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Regional Election Officer, Laborers International Union of North America, 2001,1996
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President, Resolutions International, Seattle, Portland, and Chicago, 1991-1996
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Partner, Northwest Center for Conciliation, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1986-1991
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Professor (adjunct) University of Washington, Central and Eastern Washington Universities, Antioch University, 1986-1995
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Contract Administrator, Washington Education Association, 1981-88
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Executive Director, Wayne County Michigan Education Association, 1979-1981
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Contract Specialist, Jackson County Education Association, Michigan, 1972-1979
OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE
Board Member, College of Licensed Practical Nurses of British Columbia, 2005-present
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Lecturer, Public Policy Dispute Resolution, University of Washington, Graduate School of Public Affairs, 1995
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Senator, State of Washington, 47th Legislative District, 1990-1994
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Mediator, Complex Public Policy Disputes, Washington, 1992-1999
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Board Member, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, 1984-87
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Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau, Seattle, 1991-1992
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Mediator, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia, 1984-90
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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National Academy of Arbitrators
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Arbitrators Association of British Columbia
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Vice President, Mediation Research and Education Project, Chicago
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Washington State Bar Association-Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
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American Arbitration Association Regional Advisory Council
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Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution
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Industrial Relations Research Association
EDUCATION
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Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1985, emphasis: Labor Relations; Conflict Resolution
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M.S., Western Michigan University, 1975; B.S., Wayne State University, 1971
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Collective Bargaining, Public Education and Public Policy in the state of Washington: Where have we been and where are we going? University of Oregon, LERC Monograph, Spring, 2001.
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Conflictive Partnerships under Collective Bargaining: A Neutral’s Perspective in Workplace Dispute Resolution, Directions for the 21st Century, Fall, 1997, MSU Press, E. Lansing, Michigan, Sandy Gleason, editor.
PUBLISHED DECISIONS
107 LA 1119; 113 LA 374; 110 LA 753; 117 LA 1231
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