WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

ARBITRATOR'S BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

NAME: James L. Stern

MAILING ADDRESS:

11 Mountain Ash Trail

Madison, WI 53717

TELEPHONE: Business: (608) 833-8540 Residence: (608) 833-8540

DATE OF BIRTH: 11/3/20

EDUCATION: B.S. (Engineering), 1943, Antioch College

Ph.D. (Economics), 1954, University of California, Berkeley

OCCUPATION: Principal: Arbitrator Secondary: Prof. Emeritus of Econ. & Ind. Rel., University of Wisconsin, Madison

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: National Academy of Arbitrators and Ind. Relations Research Association

EXPERIENCE: (Issues & Sector/Industry) (As of 7/1/00) 85 interest arbitration awards involving Wis. police, firefighters, deputy sheriffs, teachers, county and municipal blue & white collar employees. 380 grievance awards in a wide variety of industries including 128 in the Wis. public sector. 30 factfinding and mediation cases. Labor Productivity Specialist, U.S. Marshall Plan, '49-'51. Negotiated and administered UAW contracts in the auto and aerospace industry between '56-'62. On U.W. faculty since 1962. Became Emeritus in '86 but continued to teach on a half-time basis through 1991.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Final Offer Arbitration (1975 - D. C. Heath)

Public Sector Bargaining, 2nd Ed. (1988 - B.N.A.)

Labor Arbitration Under Fire (1996 - Cornell U. Press)

Public Sector Co0llective Bargaining: Eight States' Experience (2001 - M.E. Sharpe)

FEE AND EXPENSE PRACTICE:

$900 per eight hour day of travel, hearing, study and preparation of award

Cancellation - 1 day charge ($900) for cancellations without 30 days' notice

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

8/02

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