Professor Twomey graduated from Boston College in 1962, earned his MBA at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1963 and after two years of business experience entered Boston College Law School, graduating in 1968. While a law student he taught business administration subjects at Simmons College in Boston. Professor Twomey joined the faculty at Boston College in 1968 and was promoted to full professor in 1978. He is the author of some twenty nine editions of books on labor, employment and business law topics. His articles have appeared in journals such as Best's Review, The American Business Law Journal, The Massachusetts Law Quarterly, The Florida Bar Journal, and The Business Law Review.

Professor Twomey is a nationally known labor arbitrator, having been selected by employers and unions as arbitrator in numerous disputes throughout the country in the private and public sectors. In 1986 President Reagan appointed him to a three person Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) whose recommendations served as the basis of the resolution of a multi-issue labor dispute between six railroad unions representing 107,000 employees and the nation's Class I railroads. Professor Twomey was appointed to three PEBs in 1992 by President Bush, and after a strike against one carrier and a subsequent nationwide lockout, with concurrent Congressional action, the recommendations of these boards applied to the parties. In August of 1994, after a 47 day strike affecting rail service in 11 midwestern states, President Clinton appointed Professor Twomey chairman of a PEB. The recommendations of this board were accepted by the parties, CP Rail (Soo Line) and the United Transportation Union, and the recommendations served as the basis for a new collective bargaining contract. In the face of a threatened nationwide rail strike, President Clinton appointed Professor Twomey as chairman of a PEB in May of 1996. The recommendations of this board served as the basis of a new national agreement between the BMWE union and the nation's Class I railroads. In the context of a threatened airline strike planned for the holiday period of December 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Professor Twomey to a PEB to investigate and report on a dispute between United Airlines and Machinist Union, Local 141m. Subsequently, the parties were able to reach an agreement without a work stoppage. ?Professor Twomey was appointed to a PEB by President Bush in April 2004 involving a major dispute between the United Transportation Union and SEPTA. The dispute threatened the operations of rail passenger service in Southeastern Pennsylvania and ports of New Jersey and Delaware. The recommendations of the board laid the groundwork for the resolution of the dispute by the parties.

Professor Twomey continues his service to the labor-management community. For example, he recently served as arbitrator for several labor-management contract disputes in various parts of the country including CSX Transportation and BLE; Florida East Coast Railway and UTU; BLE and New Jersey Transit; American Train Dispatchers and NS Corp.; and National Pilots Assn. and AirTran Airways, Inc.

Professor Twomey researches and publishes in the area of labor and employment law. Research and publication interests also extend to intellectual property rights, business organizations, franchising and international business transactions.

Carroll School of Management
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david.twomey.1@bc.edu
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