WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

ARBITRATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

 

NAME:           William W. Petrie

 

MAILING ADDRESS:           217 South Seventh Street, #5

                                                P.O. Box 320

                                                Waterford, WI  53185-0320

 

TELEPHONE:           Business:         (262) 534‑6404                       Residence:       (262) 534‑6404

                                                                                                                        (520) 544-2199

E-Mail:  wwpetrie@comcast.net

DATE OF BIRTH:     4/8/33

EDUCATION:            B.B.A. '57 - Univ. Wis. (Labor Mgt.); J.D. '59 - Univ. Wis.;

                                    Grad. U.C.L.A. '73 - Trng. & Dev. 3rd. P'ty Neutrals, U.S. Dept. of Labor.

 

OCCUPATION:         Principal:        Attorney and               Secondary:      Assoc. Prof. Emeritus

                                                            Arbitrator                                            of Labor & Industrial

                                                                                                                        Relations,

                                                                                                                        UW-Parkside

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: State Bars Wisconsin and California; National Labor Arbitration panels of FMCS ('72) and AAA ('72); AAA Public Sector Panel; State Panels in Wisconsin ('75), Iowa ('75) and California ('72 - '74); National Academy of Arbitrators

 

EXPERIENCE:          (Issues & Sector/Industry)  Served as interest neutral (arbitrator, mediator or fact-finder) in over 140 public and private sector disputes and as a grievance arbitrator in more than 1,200 cases during the last 39 years.  Served as contract arbitrator for various parties including the State of Wisconsin and WSEU, Proctor and Gamble and Pace, Wisconsin Energy and UA; Food Employers and master agreements with UFCW and IBT locals covering approximately 100,000 employees; Wick Building Systems and CJA; United States Postal Service and NPMHU; etc.  Industries served include:  aerospace construction; pulp and paper products; trucking and storage; retailing; mining; transportation; federal, state and local government; hospitals and health care; public utilities; dairies; food and grain processing; printing and graphic arts

 

            Prior experience:  Corporate Manager of Labor Relations, American Cement Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (1968‑1971); Division Labor Relations Manager, Aeronutronic Division of Ford Motor Company, Newport Beach, CA (1965‑1968); Labor Relations Assistant, North American Aviation, Los Angeles, CA (1961‑1965); Associate, McKinsey & Company, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (1959‑1961)

 

FEE AND EXPENSE PRACTICE:

            $1,000 per diem

            Cancellation - One day charge for each day(s) of hearing canceled or rescheduled within the fourteen day period preceding the scheduled hearing date.

            Travel - No charge for mileage or per diem for driving to hearing less than 400 miles round trip from office; one-half day per diem for over 400 miles of driving and one full day for over 600 miles of driving.

 

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

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