Faculty


Mario Bognanno
Professor Emeritus


Education:

BS, Foreign Service, Foreign Service School, Georgetown University
MA, 1965, Economics, University of Iowa
PhD, 1968, Economics, University of Iowa

Major Academic/Administrative Positions:

Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Iowa, 1969 – 1970
Assistant-to-Full Professor, Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1970 – 2006
Director & Chair, Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies, 1973 – 1979, 1982 –1987, 1991 – 1994
Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, June, 2006.
Chair, Faculty Senate & Faculty Consultative Committee, University of Minnesota, 1992 – 1993
Chief-of-Staff, Office of the President, University of Minnesota, 1994 – 1997
Council Member, China Center, University of Minnesota, 1997 – 2006
Adjunct Professor, Hubert H. Humphrey, Institute of Public Affairs, 1987 – 2006


Current Research:

  • Discipline and Discharge in the Workplace (with Professors L. Cooper and S. Befort, School of Law, University of Minnesota)
  • Governing the Global Workplace (guest co-editor of a forthcoming edition of Industrial Relations (with Professors M. Kleiner and J. Budd, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and Carlson School of Management, respectively, University of Minnesota).

Book Publications:

  • The North American Free Trade Agreement: Labor, Industry, and Government Perspectives, (co-ed.), Quorum Books, 1993
  • Labor Market Institutions and the Future Role of Unions, (co-ed.), Basil Blackwell, 1992
  • Labor Arbitration in America, (co-ed/author), Praeger, 1992
  • Contemporary Collective Bargaining (co-author), Prentice-Hall, 4th ed., 1982

Recent Honors:

  • Member, Arbitration Council, MN Bureau of Mediation Services, 2002–
  • President's Outstanding Service Award, University of Minnesota, 1997
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Board of Regents, University of Minnesota, 1993

Professional Organizations:

  • Director, Education & Research Foundation Board, National Academy of Arbitrators, 2003 – present (President, 2004-2006)
  • Member, National Academy of Arbitrators, 1980 - [Board of Governors, 1986-1989]
  • Member, Labor & Employment Association, 1969- [Executive Committee, 1982-1985]
  • Member, American Economics Association, 1960s – 2000

Arbitration Practice:

Permanent Panels:

  • Ameritech and IBEW; Ameritech and CWA; J.I Case/ International Harvester and IAM; VA and AFGE; Exelon Corporation and IBEW, Local 15; Qwest and CWA; State of Minnesota and MAPE; and Long Prairie Packing Co. and UFCW, Local 789.

Listing Agencies:

  • Federal Mediation & Conciliation Services, National Mediation Board & MN Bureau of Mediation Services.

Award/Publications:

  • Nearly 2,000 final and binding arbitration awards, with more than 100 published decisions. For example, reference selected volumes of the Bureau of National Affairs’ Labor Arbitration Reports, and Commerce Clearing House’s Labor Arbitration Awards for the past three decades.