Court backs arbitration tradition

Labor can celebrate a victory over management after a R.I. Supreme Court decision last month preserved the 50-year tradition of using union reps, rather than licensed attorneys, to argue labor-arbitration cases. Had the court ruled differently, all of Rhode Island’s labor unions, both public and private, might have been required to hire attorneys to argue arbitration cases, potentially adding thousands of dollars to the cost of such labor disputes. More

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