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Main
Office:
Oregon:
12395 SW 129th Avenue Tigard, OR
97223-1872
503-590-3535
FAX
503-524-0997
E-Mail:
burtondwhite@mac.com
California
Office:
1626 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
800-476-1246
Continuing
Commitments
Executive
Director—Partners in
Construction Cooperation (PICC)
A
labor-management-owner cooperation project in the construction industry
Managing
Partner, Options for the Workplace, LLP, Constructive Approaches to
Labor-Management Relations
Mediator
(Personal Service Contracts)
·
Oregon
Department of Agriculture
Includes mediation of labor disputes
·
United
States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency
Rosters:
Labor
Disputes
National
American Arbitration Association
Labor Panel
Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service
Arbitration
Roster
National
Mediation Board
Roster of
Arbitrator
State
and Local
California
State Mediation and Conciliation Service
Labor Disputes
Panel
Hawaii Labor Relations Board
List of
Arbitrators, Mediators and Fact-finders
Idaho
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
List of Mediators and Fact-finders
Indiana
Department of Labor
Roster of Arbitrators
Los
Angeles City Employee Relations Board
Panel of
arbitrators, mediators and fact-finders
Nevada
Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board
List of Mediators
Oregon
Conciliation Service Division
Arbitration and Fact Finding Panel
Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation
Panel of Arbitrators
Washington
Public Employment Relations Commission
Dispute Resolution Panel
Permanent Panels
·
Alaska and
Alaska Public Employees Association/AFT
·
Cingular and Communications Workers of America, District 7
· Kaiser Permanente (Northwest Region) and
Oregon Nurses Association
Service Employees International
Union, Local 49
United Food and Commercial
Workers, Local 555
·
Oregon Health Sciences University and Oregon Nurses Association
·
Group Health Cooperative (Washington State) and United Food and
Commercial Workers, Local 1001
Other Rosters
NASD [National Association of Securities Dealers]
Roster of Mediators
Oregon
State Department of Justice
Roster of Mediators and Facilitators
Arbitration Experience
Issues
Contract
interpretation/application:
absenteeism, arbitrability, assignment of work, bargaining
unit work, discrimination, classification, crew size,
disability, grievance/arbitration procedure, health and welfare,
holidays, holiday pay,
layoff/bumping/recall, leaves, management rights, overtime, past practice,
pay rates, performance appraisal,
personnel files, posting/bidding, premium pay, representation,
resignation, safety, scheduling,
seniority/ability, sexual harassment, shift assignment,
sick time/pay, transfers, travel pay,
union business, union security, vacancies, vacations/vacation
pay, working conditions, work rules,
work schedules
Discipline
and discharge:
absenteeism, dishonesty/theft, fights/altercations/horseplay,
incompetence/inefficiency,
insubordination, falsifying records, leaving post, misconduct during
strike, negligence/carelessness,
obscene or immoral conduct, off duty conduct, refusal to work
overtime
Industries
Public
Sector:
corrections, education, health care, local and state government, police/fire,
postal service, public transportation, public utilities, public works
Private
Sector:
aerospace, agriculture, aluminum, chemical, communications, construction,
electronics/electrical, food processing/service, health care, heat/ventilation,
hotel/restaurant, manufacturing, paper, office/clerical, organizations/clubs,
retail/chain store, service industries, textile, trucking/storage/warehouse
Federal Sector: Department of Veterans Affairs;
Bureau of Prisons
Mediation Experience
Collective Bargaining:
Impasse and grievance mediation
(1987-present)
Oregon State
Conciliation Service (Ad Hoc Mediator, 1987-1990)
Private
practice (1990-present)
Employment:
Agricultural
labor disputes, personnel disputes, discrimination concerns (1990-present)
Other:
Public policy, commercial, land use
(1990-present)
Other Labor Relations Background
·
California Nurses’ Association
Economic Consultant, 1969-1971
Director of Collective
Bargaining, 1971-1975
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Co-Director of Ford Foundation Study of Alienation in the Workplace
United Kingdom National Health System, 1975
·
Oregon Nurses Association
Director of Labor Relations, 1978-85
·
Co-Chair of Steering Committee for
Labor-Management Cooperation in the Health Care Industry
(Oregon/Washington), 1980-85
·
University of Oregon, Labor Education and Research Center
Adjunct Faculty, 1985-1993
·
Planning Committee, Exploring
New Paths,
1st Governor’s Conference on Labor-Management
Cooperation, 1991
·
Coordinator, New Developments in
Joint Labor-Management Initiatives
2nd
Governor’s Conference on Labor-Management Cooperation, 1993
·
Coordinator, Can Cooperation Be
Sustained?
Oregon IRRA Conference, 1995
3rd Governor's Conference on
Labor-Management Cooperation
·
Coordinator, Ethics in Collective
Bargaining: Building Trust in the Workplace,
Oregon IRRA Conference, 1996
·
Coordinator, Labor Arbitration:
Past, Present and Future
Oregon IRRA Conference, 1997
·
Coordinator, Violence in the
Workplace: Roots and Responses
Oregon IRRA Conference, 1998
Continuing
Education in Dispute Resolution
·
Certified by Institute of Industrial Relations,
University of California, Los Angeles as trainer in
Impasse Resolution in Public Sector Interest Disputes
Contract Administration in Public Sector Collective Bargaining
Scope of Bargaining in Public Sector Labor Relations
·
Training in Collective Bargaining Mediation (California State
Conciliation Service)
·
First National Grievance Mediation
Seminar (Mediation Research and Education
Project of
Northwestern University)
·
Second National Grievance Mediation
Seminar (Mediation Research and
Education Project of
Northwestern University)
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Resolving Construction Disputes:
Arbitrating & Mediating Construction Claims (Department of
Education & Training, American Arbitration Association)
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Public Policy Mediation (CDR Associates);
·
Federal Sector Arbitration Symposium (Federal Labor Relations Authority
and Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service)
·
Recent Trends In Labor and Employment Law Conferences: 1994, 1996, 1998
(Labor and
Employment Law Section, Oregon State Bar)
Publications
·
With Robert Durham: “AIDS In the Workplace: Employee Safety and
Rights” in LERC
Monograph Series, Issue No. 7, Problems in
the Workplace, Labor Education and
Research Center, University of Oregon, 1988
·
“PICC: A Record of Success in Worksite Cooperation”
Arbitration Quarterly of the Northwest, Vol. XIII, No., 2. Fall, 1992
Professional
Affiliations
American
Arbitration Association
Labor and Employment Relations
Association
President, Oregon Chapter, 1996-97
Education
BA,
Political Philosophy, Boston
University
MA, English
and American Language and Literature, Boston
University
Fees:
Arbitration and Fact-Finding:
$900.00 for each day (includes
travel, study, writing)
Mediation and Facilitation:
$150.00 for each hour (includes
preparation, travel and contact time)
Cancellation:
Once scheduled, for each day: one day’s fee if notice is received fewer than
seven
calendar days prior to hearing; one-half of one day’s fee if notice of seven
days or more is given
Postponement:
No charge for first occasion provided matter is rescheduled and notice of
postponement
is
received at least seven calendar days prior to scheduled date; otherwise same as
cancellation
Expenses:
Reimbursement of actual costs (e.g. travel, secretarial, telephone, postage). Mileage
billed
at IRS rates. Travel is billed as originating from office nearest site where
service is provided.
Awards
2005
NAC 123 Department of
Veterans Affairs
2005
NAC 122 Department of
Veterans Affairs
2000 NAC 140 Manor Management Services and Service Employees International Union, Local 49
2000 NAC 139 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Service Employees International Union, Local 49
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