Biography

MEDIATION/ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE

  • National Grievance Mediation Panel, MREP, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
  • Chartered Mediator, ADR Institute of Canada
  • Mediator, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Arbitration Panel Member: FMCS; AAA; Washington PERC; Oregon ERB; National Mediation Board
  • Arbitrator and Mediator, Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada
  • 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
  • Permanent Arbitration Panel Member: Major League Baseball Players’ Association, Agents, Players & Agency Disputes; Major League Baseball and MLB Players’ Association Salary Arbitration; National Hockey League and NHL Players’ Association Salary Arbitration; United Parcel Service and Teamsters Local 2727; State of Oregon and SEIU Local 503 OPEU; NATCA and FAA, Alaska Region and Northwest Mountain Region; Alaska Airlines and AFA and IAM; Hawaiian Airlines and AFA; Kaiser Permanente and Oregon Nurses Association; Southwestern Bell Telephone and CWA; AT&T and CWA; Northwest Airlines and AFA; US Department of Labor and the National Council of Field Labor Locals, Seattle Region; California State University and California Faculty Association; PSEA and State of Alaska; PSEA and City of Fairbanks; Alaska State Employees Association and State of Alaska; Mesa Airlines and Air Line Pilots Association.
  • Grievance Arbitrator under Canada Labour Code
  • Unjust Dismissal Adjudicator and Wage Recovery Referee under Canada Labour Code
  • British Columbia Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau Roster

LABOR RELATIONS EXPERIENCE

  • Facilitator, Joint Labor Management Committees: American Airlines and Association of Professional Flight Attendants; Southern California Gas Company and Utility Workers Union of America and International Chemical Workers Union, AFL-CIO; King County (WA) Joint Labor Management Committee
  • Western Canada Regional Election Officer, Labourers International Union of North America
  • Pacific Northwest Regional Election Officer, Laborers International Union of North America
  • President, Resolutions International, Seattle, Portland, and Chicago
  • Professor (adjunct) University of Washington, Central and Eastern Washington Universities, Antioch University
  • Guest Lecturer, University of British Columbia and University of Victoria
  • Contract Administrator, Washington Education Association, 1981-88
  • Executive Director, Wayne County Michigan Education Association, 1979-1981
  • Contract Specialist, Jackson County Education Association, Michigan, 1972-1979

OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE

  • Dispute Resolution Trainer: American Airlines and Association of Professional Flight Attendants; United Airlines and Association of Flight Attendants; Southern California Gas Company and Utility Workers Union of America and International Chemical Workers Union, AFL-CIO
  • Lecturer, Public Policy Dispute Resolution, University of Washington, Graduate School of Public Affairs
  • Senator, State of Washington, 47th Legislative District, 1990-1994
  • Mediator, Complex Public Policy Disputes, Washington
  • Board Member, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle
  • Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau, Seattle
  • Mediator, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1985, emphasis: Labor Relations; Conflict Resolution
  • M.L.S., Western Michigan University, 1975
  • B.S., Wayne State University, 1971
  • Alternatives in Dispute Resolution and Peacemaking, National Indian Justice Center, 1995
  • Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government, JFK School of Government, Harvard University, 1991

PUBLISHED DECISIONS

Bureau of National Affairs Labor Arbitration Reports:

  • 107 LA 1119; 113 LA 374; 110 LA 753; 117 LA 1231

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • The Double Helix of Theory and Practice: Celebrating Stephen J. Goldberg as a Scholar, Practitioner, and Mentor in Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, V. 13, No. 1, 2019.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Grievance Mediation: How to Make the Process Work for You in Labor Law Journal, V. 44, No. 8, August 1993.
  • Exploring Non-Adversarial Bargaining and Grievance Mediation, University of Oregon, LERC Monograph, April 1990.
  • Grievance Mediation of Contractual Disputes in Public Education in Missouri Journal of Dispute Resolution, Volume 1987.

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