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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Howard
C.
Edelman
New York County, NY
Arbitrator
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Fully familiar with grievance arbitration in public and private sectors. Public cases include teachers, college faculty, police officers, firefighters, clerical employees, municipal workers, nurses and security guards. Member of the following arbitration panels: State of NJ and Communications Workers of America; United Parcel Service (NJ) and IBT; State of NY and its public employees unions - CSEA, AFSCME, University Professors, Public Employees Federation; NYC Transit Authority and SSSA; Sachem School District and Sachem Teachers Association; Con Edison & Utility Workers.
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Participated in numerous public sector mediation and fact-finding disputes covering teachers, school aides, clerical employees and state and municipal workers. Fact-finder between State of New Jersey and Communications Workers of America - four units covering 40,000 employees.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Fully familiar with Police and Fire Interest Arbitration. Cases include: Town of West New York and IAFF; City of Passaic and IAFF; Town of Hillside and FOP; Lacey Township and PBA, SOA; Dunellen Township and PBA; Jersey City and IAFF; Perth Amboy and PBA; Morris Hills Board of Education and Morris Hills Education Association; City of New York and Detectives Endowment Association. Author: "Interest Arbitration," in New York Public Employment Law.
EDUCATION:
JD New York Law School
MA English, University of Wisconsin
BA English, Brooklyn College
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Academy of Arbitrators; American Arbitration Association; Industrial Relations Research Association; Society of Federal Labor Relations Professionals.
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Conducted seminars in grievance arbitration and labor relations for US Postal Service, LI Railroad, State School Boards Association, and numerous Civil Service Unions. Adjunct Instructor of Labor Law, NYS School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Formerly: Supervisor, Teachers Organization
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $
4,000 effective June 15, 2024
INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any):
Full per diem fees if less than four weeks' notice.