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In article <1992Apr28.053448.27598@oghma.ocunix.on.ca>, rjc@oghma.ocunix.on.ca (Robert J Carter) writes:
> In article <1992Apr27.040419.848@mdivax1.uucp> robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com (Jim Robinson) writes:
>>jstewart@alfred.carleton.ca (John Stewart) writes:
>>>In <1992Apr24.171410.10750@unixg.ubc.ca> buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes:
>>>> It may not come as a total surprise after the above that I think
>>>> strikes and lockouts in the health industry should be banned, and
>>>> immediate compulsory binding arbitration imposed where negotiation
>>>> is deemed to have failed.
>>>
>>>I'm sure the unions would applaud you if the law required the use of
>>>binding arbitration.  The problem with binding arbitration is that it 
>>>invariably results in a settlement somewhere in the middle range between
>>>what the employer offered and what the union demanded.  
>>
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Jim Robinson
>>robinson@mdivax1.mdd.comm.mot.com
>>{ubc-cs!van-bc,uunet}!mdivax1!robinson
>>
> 
> 
> Here's a solution: require the arbitrator to select either the union
> or management position on each article in question. That gives both
> sides the incentive to make reasonable offers - otherwise, they would
> wind up having to live with the proposals made by the other side.
> -- 
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> | Robert J Carter           Oghma Systems         Ottawa, Ontario | @     @
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