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The author analyzed the arbitration win rates for unions over a 10-year period, confirming his hypothesis that "unions are not as successful as employers in the labor arbitration process." Then he sent a short survey questionnaire to 100 labor arbitrators asking them to suggest how unions can improve their success in labor arbitration. According to the author, the results were both expected and surprising. Many respondents suggested that unions take a more proactive role in deciding which grievances will be arbitrated, for example, by carefully screening grievances for merit and ceasing to arbitrate cases for political reasons. Many also suggested that unions settle more grievances prior …