PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

LERA, IRRA, Alternative Dispute Resolutions Unit -State of NJ Division of Consumer Affairs, NJAPM, ACR.

EDUCATION:

BS - Education Glassboro State College 1959
MA - Natural History William Paterson College 1968

CERTIFICATION:

FMCS – Certificate of Accomplishment, NYSERB – Certificate of Completion, BBB – National Panel of Consumer Arbitrators, AAA – Arbitrator Training, AAA – Mediator Training

ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:

Labor arbitrator for the past 18 years.  Experience in labor relations in the public and private sectors for 25 years.  I was president teachers’ association 110 members; also member negotiations committee for the teachers association chief negotiator for the non-professional staff as a member of the Ringwood Board of Education.  I mediated for the New Jersey Division Consumer Affairs, Alternative Dispute Resolutions, and Mediator for the Superior Court of New Jersey; Also a Divorce Mediator.

INDUSTRIES:

Aerospace, Airlines, Advertising, Agriculture, Aluminum, Automotive, Bakery, Banking, Beverage, Building Products, Brewery, Broadcasting, Canning, Cement, Chemicals, Clothing, Coal, Communications, Construction, Dairy, Distillery, Education, Electrical Equipment/Appliances, Electronics, Entertainment/Arts, Feed & Fertilizer, Food, Foundry, Furniture, Glass/Pottery, Grain Mill, Health Care, Hotels/Motels/Casinos/Resorts, Hospital/Nursing Home, Iron, Lumber, Machinery, Maritime, Meat Packing, Metal Fabrication, Mining, Nuclear Energy, Office Workers/Clerical, Organizations, Packaging, Paint & Varnish, Petroleum/Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Plumbing, Police and Fire, Printing and Publishing, Prison Guard, Pulp and Paper, Railroads, Real Estate, Refrigeration/HVAC, Restaurants, Retail Stores, Rubber/Tire, Shipbuilding/Dry Dock, Sports, Steel, Stone/Quarry, Textile, Tobacco, Transportation, Trucking and Storage, Upholstering, Utilities, Warehousing.

ISSUES:

Affirmative Action, Absenteeism, Arbitrability, Bargaining Unit Work, Conduct, Demotion, Discipline (Non-Discharge), Discipline (Discharge), Discrimination:  Age, Disability, Race, Sex, Religion, National Origin, Drug/Alcohol Offenses, Fringe Benefits:  Bonus, Holidays, Insurance, Leave, Vacation, Grievance Mediation, Health/Hospitalization, Hiring Practices, Job Performance, Job Posting/Bidding, Jurisdictional Disputes, Layoffs/Bumping/Recall, Management Rights, Official Time, Past Practices, Pension and Welfare Plans, Pension Claim (Fed. Statute), Promotion, Retirement, Safety/Health Conditions, Seniority, Sexual Harassment, Strikes, Lockouts, Work Stoppages, Slowdowns, Subcontracting/Contracting Out, Tenure/Reappointment, Union Security, Wages:  Cost-of-Living Pay, Holiday Pay, Incentive Pay, Job Classification and Rates, Merit Pay, Overtime Pay, Severance Pay, Vacation Pay, Work Hours/Schedules/Assignments, Working Conditions/Work Orders, Violence or Threats.

 PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCY ROSTERS:

National Mediation Board, New Jersey State Board of Mediation, New York Employment Relations Board Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service, State of NJ Civil and Family Mediator, NJ Public Employment Relations Commission and The American Arbitration Association.

PUBLISHED CASES: 57 FLRA #58 (6/21/01)

Revised (04/15/08)