All Activities are due by midnight Eastern time on the last date of each Lesson unless otherwise noted.

Course Introduction and Lesson 1: Historical and Legal Foundations

Readings	Review Canvas Orientation Course Introduction materials Commentary: History and Legal (audio or text option) Text: Chapter 1 (1:01-1:07) and Chapter 2 (2:01-2:14) Online: Visit and browse www.nlrb.gov. Read the following on the site: Employee Rights Employer/Union Rights and Obligations Who We Are GC 11-05, regarding NLRB deferral to arbitration policy.
Activities	Complete Course Introduction activities

Lesson 2: The Collective Bargaining Agreement

Readings	Commentary: CBAs (audio or text option) Review sample grievance procedures Text: Chapter 3 (3:01-3:12)
Activities	Participate in Lesson 02 Reactions to Readings Discussion

Lesson 3: Grievances: Prelude to Arbitration

Readings	Comentary: Grievances (audio or text option) Online: Workplace ADR: What's New and What Matters? (Lewin at http://naarb.org/proceedings/pdfs/2007-23.PDF Workplace Justice Without Unions (Wheeler) http://naarb.org/proceedings/pdfs/2005-121.PDF Due Process Protocol Optional Reading/Reference: Rules for Employment Arbitration
Activities	Complete Grievance or Gripe practice quiz Complete the Garbage Collector Run simulation Participate in Grievance or Gripe Debrief Discussion

Lesson 4: Non-Union Grievance Procedures

Readings

Interview with Margaret Brogan, Esquire (audio or text option) Review sample non-union grievance procedures at http://www.hr.msu.edu/complaints/supportstaff/GrievanceProcedures.htm http://www.missouristate.edu/human/staffhandbook/Chapter10.htm Online: "An Introduction To Mandatory Arbitration and Class Action Waivers (Winograd), at http://naarb.org/proceedings/pdfs/2008-127.PDF "Mandatory Arbitration: Why It's Better Than It Looks (St. Antoine) at http://naarb.org/proceedings/pdfs/2009-99.PDF "Interest Arbitration In Pennsylvania" (Frankiewicz) at http://naarb.org/proceedings/pdfs/2009-145.PDF Visit www.state.pa.us and read the following: Collective Bargaining Law for School Employees (Act 88) PA Labor Relations Act (Act 294) Police & Firefighter Collective Bargaining Law (Act 111) Public Employee Relations Act (Act195) Optional Reading/Reference: Supreme Court cases on mandatory arbitration ('Google' case name to find text) Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane, 500 US 20 (1991) Circuit City Stores v. Adams, 532 US 105 (2001) Rent-A-Center v. Jackson, 130 SCt 2772 (2010) AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 SCt 1740 (2011)

Activities

Participate in Lesson 04 Reactions to Readings and Interviews Discussion

Lesson 5: Arbitration, Public Sector Dispute Resolution

Readings	Text: Chapter 10 (10:01-10:08) 2nd interview with Margaret Brogan, Esq. (audio or text option) Commentary: Public Sector (audio or text option) View three power point presentations from FMCS: What is Mediation Principles of Mediation Role of the Mediator
Activities	Complete the Written Assignment: Essay Participate in Lesson 05 Reactions to Readings and Interviews Discussion

Lesson 6: Mediation, Part I

Readings	FMCS Commissioners – Mediation Basics (audio or text option) FMCS Commissioners – Role of Mediator (audio or text option)
Activities	Complete the Written Assignment: Essay

Lesson 7: Mediation, Part II, Arbitration

Readings	FMCS Commissioners - Techniques (audio or text option) Commentary: ADR Overview (audio or text option) Text: Chapter 4 (4:01-4:08); Chapter 5 (5:01-5:06); Chapter 6 (6:01-6:19) View PSU Labor Arbitration Film
Activities	Participate in Lesson 07 Reactions to Readings and Film Discussion Complete the Written Assignment: Essay

Lesson 8: Hearing Preparation and Procedure

Readings	Commentary: Arbitration Hearing Prep and Procedure (audio or text option) Review mock arbitration case scenarios
Activities	Complete the Mid-Course Survey Participate in Lesson 08 Reactions to Readings Discussion

Lesson 9: Common Issues in Arbitration I  (Arbitrability, Bifurcation)

Readings	Commentary: Arbitrability and Bifurcation (audio or text option) Text: Chapter 7 (7:01-7:09); Chapter 8 (8:01-8:10) Online: "Arbitral Discretion: The Tests of Just Cause" (Dunsford) at http://naarb.org/proceedings/pdfs/1989-23.PDF
Activities	Participate in Lesson 09 Reactions to Readings Discussion Complete the Mid-term Exam: Weeks 1-9

Lesson 10: Common Issues in Arbitration II (Contract Interpretation, Just Cause and Due Process)

Readings	Commentary: Contract Interpretation, Just Cause and Due Process (audio or text option) Look ahead and read the mock arbitration case assignment
Activities	Submit written summary of issues presented by mock case If you have not done so, sign into YouSeeU Mock Arbitration Instructions

Lesson 11: Settlement, Enforcement, and Remedies

Readings	Commentary: Settlement, Enforcement and Remedies (audio or text option) Commentary: Opening Statements (audio or text option) Re-watch PSU Labor Film segment on opening statements Read Online: "Should Labor Arbitrators Receive Evidence 'For What It's Worth?" (Roberts et al.) at http://naarb.org/proceedings/pdfs/1998-89.PDF
Activities	Record and submit opening statement through YouSeeU. Upload a transcipt of your statement. Complete the Written Assignment: Essay

Lesson 12: Evidence and Witnesses

Readings	Commentary: Evidence (audio or text option) Commentary: Witness examination (audio or text option) Re-watch PSU Labor Arbitration Film witness segments
Activities	Submit a witness examination and cross-examination plan according to the assignment

Lesson 13: Closing Arguments  

Readings	Commentary: Closing Argument (audio or text option) Re-watch PSU Labor Arbitration Film segment with closing arguments Online: sample arbitration decisions Ellis Coffee IBT 500 Layoff Hahnemann 1199C Saunders Termination Scranton FF Clay Discharge
Activities	Prepare and submit written post-hearing brief (written version of closing argument) Prepare and submit video or audio recording of closing argument Participate in Lesson 13 Reactions to Readings Discussion

Lesson 14: Arbitration Decisions  

Readings	Commentary: Arbitration Decisions (audio or text option)
Activities	Prepare and submit written arbitration decision

Lesson 15: Final Critique, Wrap Up  

Readings	None
Activities	Final critique of mock arbitration assignments Participate in Lesson 15 Wrap Up Discussion