can a satisfactory settlement be found for both parties not including a third.

12. How do you account for the fact that every year in the United States m 0 percent of all arbitrations where there can be said to be a clear winner and a clear loser? Does this one-sidedness reflect poorly on unions or not? 13. How sympathetic, if at all, are you to the proposal, frequently advanced in some quarters, that only men and women who have been trained as lawyers should be allowed to arbitrate labor- management disputes? Minicases 1. A Dissenting View Regarding Arbitration Years ago, the colorful and controversial leader of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, jimmy Hoffa, explained his adamant opposition to arbitration as follows Even if it takes one or two hours or longer Ifor the management and the union] to work out a (grievancel settlement among ourselves we are better off, knowing the business as we do from both sides, than to submit a grievance to some third party who attempts to please both sides and who actually pleases nobody In my opinion. the bes st method of settling grievances is to leave open the end for final settlement and, if we cannot mutually agree, either for the employer to lock out the union or for the union to strike the employer. If we don't come out with a completely satisfactory settlement we com settlement both sides can live with and one which doesn't change the terms of the contract. e out with a What do you think of this argumenti 2. An Embarrassing Incident for the Arbitrator 269 12. How do you account for the fact that every year in the United States m 0 percent of all arbitrations where there can be said to be a clear winner and a clear loser? Does this one-sidedness reflect poorly on unions or not? 13. How sympathetic, if at all, are you to the proposal, frequently advanced in some quarters, that only men and women who have been trained as lawyers should be allowed to arbitrate labor- management disputes? Minicases 1. A Dissenting View Regarding Arbitration Years ago, the colorful and controversial leader of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, jimmy Hoffa, explained his adamant opposition to arbitration as follows Even if it takes one or two hours or longer Ifor the management and the union] to work out a (grievancel settlement among ourselves we are better off, knowing the business as we do from both sides, than to submit a grievance to some third party who attempts to please both sides and who actually pleases nobody In my opinion. the bes st method of settling grievances is to leave open the end for final settlement and, if we cannot mutually agree, either for the employer to lock out the union or for the union to strike the employer. If we don't come out with a completely satisfactory settlement we com settlement both sides can live with and one which doesn't change the terms of the contract. e out with a What do you think of this argumenti 2. An Embarrassing Incident for the Arbitrator 269