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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Felice E. Busto
Monmouth Cty, NJ


Arbitrator/Mediator

GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Full-time Arbitrator and Mediator since 1998 in a broad range of public and private sector cases. Permanent Panels: Amtrak/Amtrak Police Labor Committee (APLC); United Airlines/ALPA; United Airlines and IBT; United Airlines/PAFCA; Frontier Communications/ CWA; NJ Dept. of Education/TEACH NJ: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey/PBA; EPA/NTEU; Hawaiian Airlines and ALPA. Arbitration Rosters include: AAA, FMCS, NMB, NJ State Board Mediation, NY OCB, PERC Special Disciplinary Panel (police and fire); State of NJ Judiciary & Council of Affiliated Unions and State of NJ Judiciary and PANJ (Minor Discipline); PA Bureau of Mediation

MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Ad hoc PERC mediator and fact-finder in public sector disputes in New Jersey, including education, municipalities, and public works. Mediator of over 800 employment/labor matters including court-referred, AAA, US Postal Service, US Dept. of Justice (ADA program) and grievance mediation

INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
Catholic University Law School – JD; Bucknell University - BA, Political Science

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Academy of Arbitrators, District of Columbia Bar, Executive Board Member, NJ LERA

OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Former advocate for labor and management with over 20 years labor/litigation experience: Senior Attorney, Air Line Pilots Association Washington DC (1986-1998): advocate in federal courts and agencies in litigation under the Railway Labor Act and other statutes, contract administration and arbitration. Attorney, Steptoe and Johnson (Washington, DC) (1980-1985), representation of management in labor and employment litigation before courts and federal agencies and general litigation. Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations (2003-2013); Instructor, Cornell ILR Extension Program NYC.

PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $2,200INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): One per diem for each cancellation or postponement within 28 calendar days.