COLLYER DOCTRINE

Collyer doctrine (kol-y[schwa]r).Labor law. The principle under which the National Labor Relations Board will refer an issue brought before it to arbitration if the issue is arbitrable under the collective-bargaining agreement. Collyer Insulated Wire, 192 NLRB 837 (1971). Cf. SPIELBERG DOCTRINE . [Cases: Labor Relations 509. C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 510, 515–516.]