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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
John F. Tesauro, Sr.
Ocean Cty, NJ


Arbitrator/Mediator/Fact-Finder

GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Executive Director of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation: 1976-2003
Mediator: 1972 to present in a variety of disputes in the following industries:
Pharmaceutical, Sanitation, Casino, Public Utilities, Transit and Food Industry
Presidential Emergency Board: Secretary during NJ Transit strike
Fact finder: over 35 years in private and public sector disputes -multiplicity of industries
Mediated State of NJ Employees/State Government contracts 1975 to 2003
Full Time Arbitrator: NJ State Board of Mediation; NJ Public Employment Relations
Commission; NY State Public Employment Relations Board; and Federal Mediation &
Conciliation Service
Permanent Impartial Umpire: Teamsters & Electrical Industry NYC Benefit Funds
Local 63 of New York
Permanent Contract Arbitrator: New Jersey State Police; Casino Industry
Atlantic City HERE Local 54
Grievance Arbitrator: 1972 to present for matters within following industries:
Transportation, Education, Construction Trades, Police, Fire, NJ Sports Authority,
NJ Turnpike Authority and NJ Transit
Chairman PERC Appeals Board 2004 to present

MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Executive Director of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation: 1976-2003
Mediator: 1972 to present in a variety of disputes in the following industries:
Pharmaceutical, Sanitation, Casino, Public Utilities, Transit and Food Industry
Presidential Emergency Board: Secretary during NJ Transit strike
Fact finder: over 35 years in private and public sector disputes -multiplicity of industries
Mediated State of NJ Employees/State Government contracts 1975 to 2003
Full Time Arbitrator: NJ State Board of Mediation; NJ Public Employment Relations
Commission; NY State Public Employment Relations Board; and Federal Mediation &
Conciliation Service
Permanent Impartial Umpire: Teamsters & Electrical Industry NYC Benefit Funds
Local 63 of New York
Permanent Contract Arbitrator: New Jersey State Police; Casino Industry
Atlantic City HERE Local 54
Grievance Arbitrator: 1972 to present for matters within following industries:
Transportation, Education, Construction Trades, Police, Fire, NJ Sports Authority,
NJ Turnpike Authority and NJ Transit
Chairman PERC Appeals Board 2004 to present

INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
Attended Penn State University: Labor/US Steelworkers Program for Industrial Relations
Rutgers University 1974 to 1976
Mercer County Community College 1967 to 1969

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Labor and Employment Relations Association
ALRA – Association of Labor relations Agency; President 1981
Former Chairperson Mercer County School Board Association
Member NJ Big Cities School Board Association 1967 – 1970
Board of Regents Felician College 1980 to 1984
State Advisory Council Rutgers University Labor Management Institute 1976 to 2008
Chairperson Scholarship Committee Northern New Jersey Teamsters Executive Board

OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
President Steelworkers Union Local 5092 – 1955 to 1967
Vice President AFL-CIO Bucks County – 1956 – 1967
President Trenton School Board – 1967 -1972
Member Steelworkers Wage & Policy Committee
Advisor various Labor Management Committees in State of New Jersey

PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $1,500INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): One per diem for cancelled or postponed within 28 calendar days of hearing day.