Camden Board of Education v. Alexander

Over forty years ago, this Court, in a unanimous opinion by Chief Justice Weintraub, adopted the principles of arbitrability established by the United States Supreme Court in the “Steelworkers Trilogy.”1 Jersey Cent. Power & Light Co. v. Local Union No. 1289 of the Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, 38 N.J. 95, 104-06, 183 A.2d 41 (1962). In that decision, the Court embraced the view that arbitration is “an integral part of our economic life and welcomed as a practical and expeditious means of disposition of *209industrial disputes.” Id. at 108-04, 183 A.2d 41 (internal quotation marks and citation.…