I’m not 100% positive, but I think they have some arbitrators on staff full time and employ some on a per hearing basis. The problem may be that there are a ton of existing cases and many more pop up throughout the year.
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Gonna stay away from the ROTD today – Bread Stuy just isn’t very good!!
i love how when a run of the mill yuppie bakery opens up in a place where that hasnt been seen before it suddenly becomes a “neighborhood institituion” and something more than what it is. :-/
And then if a backlog of cases piles up, they can use outside arbitrators temporarily, with the guideline that every case will be heard within one year (or less).
you know what might work: the city/union have full-time arbitrators, in a permanent space, who hear arbitrations full-time, and who are salaried. They would be familiar with the industry and the sensitive minor-related issues. The grievants get a hearing date the moment the file. Maybe they go to a mediation step where they have a chance to take a walk. The system would be way cheaper and more efficient.
Rob have you even been to Bread Stuy? 😉
JB,
I think not. no way Rob can figure out how to get there cause that’s pretty far from him.
I’m not 100% positive, but I think they have some arbitrators on staff full time and employ some on a per hearing basis. The problem may be that there are a ton of existing cases and many more pop up throughout the year.
Rob have you even been to Bread Stuy? 😉
blowfish, sure, I am all of those things. I am also a Mongolian and a Goat herder. Bstoner can give you a lot of personalities :o).
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Gonna stay away from the ROTD today – Bread Stuy just isn’t very good!!
i love how when a run of the mill yuppie bakery opens up in a place where that hasnt been seen before it suddenly becomes a “neighborhood institituion” and something more than what it is. :-/
*rob*
And then if a backlog of cases piles up, they can use outside arbitrators temporarily, with the guideline that every case will be heard within one year (or less).
you know what might work: the city/union have full-time arbitrators, in a permanent space, who hear arbitrations full-time, and who are salaried. They would be familiar with the industry and the sensitive minor-related issues. The grievants get a hearing date the moment the file. Maybe they go to a mediation step where they have a chance to take a walk. The system would be way cheaper and more efficient.
Pete, didn’t you say he lived in Clinton Hill a while (ie in your younger man days)?
And there are tons of labor arbitrators in the City, but the DOE doesn’t use very many.