WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

ARBITRATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME: Thomas P. Gallagher

MAILING ADDRESS: 2412 West 24th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55405

TELEPHONE: Business: (612) 374-2752 Residence: (612) 374-2752

Fax: (612) 374-3656   E-mail:  gallarb@AOL.com

DATE OF BIRTH: October 5, 1934

EDUCATION: B.S. 1956; LL.B. 1958 -- University of Minnesota

OCCUPATION: Principal: Attorney at Law Secondary: Arbitrator

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Member, National Academy of Arbitrators; Member, Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution; Member, Minnesota Bar Association

LABOR RELATIONS EXPERIENCE:      

Has practiced law since 1958.  Has accumulated considerable experience as a labor arbitrator in grievance and in interest arbitration proceedings in public and private sectors since 1973, having heard and decided over 1,600 cases, of which about 95% have been grievance cases and the balance interest cases.

 

AD HOC ARBITRATION PANELS:

American Arbitration Association; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; Iowa Public Employment Relations Board; Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services; National Mediation Board; Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.

 

PERMANENT ARBITRATOR SELECTED BY THE FOLLOWING PARTIES:

UFCW, Local 9, and Hormel, Inc.; IAMAW, Local 2525, and the Case Corporation; State of Minnesota and Minnesota State college Faculty; Twin Cities Hospitals (17 hospitals) and The Minnesota Nurses Association (8,000 Registered Nurses) for Pension Plan Disputes; American Federation of Government Employees and the United States Veterans Administration; PACE and Koch Refining Company under the No-Strike clause in their labor agreement; Communications Workers of America and Ameritech, Inc.; Sioux City Education Association and the Sioux City Community School District; Teamsters, #792 and Midwest Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

 

Member, National Academy of Arbitrators

Member, Minnesota Bar Association

 

PER DIEM FEE:        $900 (plus expenses)

CANCELLATION:   $900 when hearing date is cancelled or postponed within 21 days.

NOTE: The arbitrator shall not charge any fee other than the above stated fees.

12/05

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