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Grievance Mediation in the Coal Industry: A Field Experiment

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  • Jeanne M. Brett
  • Stephen B. Goldberg

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This article describes an experiment in the mediation of grievances that recently took place during two six-month periods in four districts of the United Mine Workers of America. Eighty-nine percent of the 153 grievances taken to mediation during the experiment were resolved before arbitration. This success rate did not appear to be influenced by whether one or both parties had to consent to take a grievance to mediation, or by the identity of the mediator or the nature of the issue, although no discharge grievances were mediated in the experiment. Instead, the key to settlement appeared to be the parties' willingness to negotiate. Cost savings attributable to mediating instead of arbitrating the 153 cases were nearly $100,000, and the average grievance was resolved three months sooner in mediation than it would have been had it gone to arbitration. Most of the participants in the experiment had favorable attitudes toward the process, regardless of the outcome of their particular case.

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  • Jeanne M. Brett & Stephen B. Goldberg, 1983. "Grievance Mediation in the Coal Industry: A Field Experiment," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 37(1), pages 49-69, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:37:y:1983:i:1:p:49-69
    DOI: 10.1177/001979398303700104
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    1. Ariel Avgar, 2020. "Integrating Conflict: A Proposed Framework for the Interdisciplinary Study of Workplace Conflict and Its Management," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 73(2), pages 281-311, March.
    2. Herm Joosten & Josée M. M. Bloemer & Bas Hillebrand, 2016. "The Effects of Third-Party Arbitration: A Field Experiment," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 50(3), pages 585-610, November.

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