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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Melinda
G.
Gordon
Westchester Cty, NY
Arbitrator/Mediator/Attorney
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Full-time Arbitrator and Mediator resolving workplace disputes in the public and private sectors. Issues encompass discipline and discharge and contract interpretation in various public sector settings and industries. Panel Memberships: New York State Public Employment Relations Board (Mediation, Fact-finding Panels), AAA (Labor, Employment, Mediation and Workplace Investigation) Panels, New York State and New York State Public Employees Federation Disciplinary Arbitration Panel, New York State and New York State Public Employees Federation Select Disciplinary Arbitration Panel, FMCS, NJPERC, New Jersey State Board of Mediation, National Mediation Board, Port Authority Employment Relations Panel of NY and NJ; NYC Office of Collective Bargaining; NYS Department of Education, Teacher-Tenure Unit; salary arbitration between Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association; Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board; Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation. Named arbitrator to various collective bargaining agreements.
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Participated in numerous public sector mediation and fact finding disputes regarding teachers, school aides, cafeteria and clerical employees, state and municipal workers, health care workers, uniformed personnel. Other mediation experience includes AAA Mediation Panel, NJ Courts Roster of Mediators, Mediator, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, Mediator, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Storm Sandy).
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
J.D. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 1986
B.A. Rutgers College, Rutgers University 1983
Dual Major: Labor Studies, Labor History
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member of New Jersey Bar 1986; Member of New York Bar 1987; Former President of Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA), NYC Chapter; Advisory Board Member LERA, NYC Chapter; NJ LERA; New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section; New York State Bar Association ADR Executive Committee, liaison to Labor and Employment Section; National Association of Railroad Referees; New York City Bar, ADR Committee Member 2013-2015; Member of New Jersey State Bar Association.
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Over 30 years of experience in all aspects of labor and employment law, including arbitration, grievance proceedings and collective bargaining, 2013 to the present; Former Senior Counsel, New York State United Teachers (1993-2013); Labor Relations Representative, New York State Nurses Association (1990-1993); Assistant Attorney General, Labor Bureau, New York State Attorney General's Office (1990), Staff Attorney Legal Aid Society of New York City, Criminal Defense Division (1986-1990), Adjunct Professor, Cornell ILR, CUNY Murphy Institute, classes on Public and Private Sector Labor Law, 2013 to the present. Contributing Author to American Bar Association Mid-winter Reports on FLSA and FMLA.
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $
1,800
INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any):
Per Diem Rate if cancelled less than 10 business days of hearing date.