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New York State Public Employment Relations Board Conciliation Unit Grievance Arbitration Case Files


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Conciliation Unit provides mediation and fact-finding services when union contract negotiations reach an impasse; compulsory arbitration services during public safety union contract negotiations; grievance arbitration services when PERB is a contract-designated arbitrator; and facilitates the formation of labor-management committees. These case files, beginning with "A," relate to grievance arbitration cases in which PERB is named as the arbitrating agency; and to combined mediation-arbitration ("Med-Arb") proceedings. Files contain petitions for arbitration, panel lists and designations, evidence, and decisions.
Creator:
Title:
Public Employment Relations Board grievance arbitration case files
Quantity:

196 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1967-1984, 1992-2008, 2010, 2012-2015
Series Number:
17503

Arrangement

Arranged by alpha-numeric case numbers.

17503-08: Unarranged.

Administrative History

The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Conciliation Unit provides mediation and fact-finding services when union contract negotiations reach an impasse; compulsory arbitration services during public safety union contract negotiations; and grievance arbitration services when PERB is a contract-designated arbitrator. The unit facilitates the formation of labor-management committees.

Scope and Content Note

These case file numbers begin with the letter "A," and relate to arbitration proceedings for grievances when the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) is named in a collective bargaining agreement as the arbitrating agency; and for combined mediation-arbitration ("Med-Arb") proceedings. Files contain petitions for arbitration, panel lists and designations, evidence, and decisions. Cases are tracked in docket books.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

17503-08, 17503-09, 17503-13, 17503-14A: Folder list is available at the repository.

Container lists for other accretions are available at the repository.

The cumulative digest and index to volumes 1-10 of Official Decisions, Opinions, and Related Matters (Public Employment Relations Board of the State of New York), 1968-1977, provides an alphabetical "table of parties" to PERB cases and their corresponding case numbers (pages 10001-10088). A "table of parties" and "case number index" are included in each subsequent volume of Official Decisions, Opinions, and Related Matters.

Acquisition Information

17503-13: This accretion includes records from transfer lists 94-12, 95-13, 96-11, 97-07, 98-13, 00-01, 03-03, 03-08, 04-05, 05-11, 09-18, 09-19, and 09-20.

17503-13A: This accretion includes records from transfer lists 070005 and 090021.

17503-14: This accretion includes records from transfer list 130008.

17503-14A: This accretion includes records from transfer list 010002.

17503-17: This accretion includes records from transfer list 130010.

17503-18: This accretion includes records from transfer list 160007.

17503-19: This accretion includes records from transfer list 160008.

17503-20: This accretion includes records from transfer list 160009.

17503-21: This accretion includes records from transfer list 160010.

17503-22: This accretion includes records from transfer list 180004.

17503-22A: This accretion includes records from transfer list 190003.

Processing Information

Records were placed in acid-free folders during the accessioning process to protect the records.

Custodial History

17503-08: This accretion was part of the collection of PERB records accessioned by the New York State Archives from Cornell University's School of Labor Management (#5140). Accession of this accretion resulted from a project by State Archives staff in 2008 to accession or integrate estrayed or unidentified records.

17503-19A: This accretion was part of the collection of PERB records accessioned by the New York State Archives from Cornell University's School of Labor Management (#5140). Accession of this accretion resulted from a project by State Archives staff in 2019 to accession or integrate estrayed or unidentified records.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

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Detailed Description

Contents Box

Accretion: 17503-13A
A2006-001 to 069; ODT: 1/1/2013 transfer; R HESS 14
A2006-070 to 145 15
A2006-146 to 219 16
A2006-220 to 289 17
A2006-290 to 354 18
A2006-355 to 426; ODT: 1/1/2013 transfer 19
A2006-427 to 509; ODT:1/1/2013 transfer 20
A2006-510 to 570 21