After reviewing Exhibit 11.11 (page 579), would you rather work as an employee in an environment of labor arbitration or employment arbitration? Why? Why not?

Employment Labor Arbitration Arbitration Jurors 1. Burden of proof Employee Employer Employee 2. Acceptability Employer selects Union and None employer 3. Professional Management more Neutral Public service background than likely 4. Consider Not likely Yes Yes mitigating circumstances 5. Decision Less likely employ- More likely to More likely to ee will receive receive favor- receive favorable a favorable able decision decision than by decision when repre- an employment sented by a arbitrator union 6. Who pays the Usually the Usually the union Taxpayers, a small and employer fee for jury duty arbitrator employer pay equally and expenses SOURCE: Brian S. Klass, Douglas Mahony, and Hoyt N. Wheeler, "Decision-making about Workplace Disputes: A Policy Capturing Study of Employment Arbitrators, Labor Arbitrators and Jurors," Industrial Relations, 45 (12) (2006), pp. 68-95