The role benefits  and  disadvantages of  third party resolution  of collective bargaining disputes such as mediation interest arbitration fact finding and med arb

The  role,  benefits  and  disadvantages  of  third-party  resolution  of collective  bargaining disputes, such as mediation, interest arbitration, fact finding and “med-arb.” The  increasing use of “permanent replacements” in strikes since the 1980s, the effect on strike activity and employees’ bargaining leverage, and past Congressional efforts to ban permanent replacements. Strikes  in  the  public  sector,  and  the  advantages  and  disadvantages to  alternatives  to strikes.