Common use of Appeal to Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Appeal to Arbitration. If the grievance is not resolved at Step 2, or an answer is not given by Employee & Labor Relations within the time specified, the Union may request that the grievance be referred to an impartial arbitrator selected in the manner described below. 1. The Union must make a request for arbitration, by written notice to the University within fourteen (14) calendar days after the date of the Step 2 answer or the date the Step 2 answer should have been provided. 2. The parties may initially attempt to agree on an arbitrator. a. If they are unable to agree within twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date of the Union’s request for arbitration, either the Union or the University may request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to furnish each party with an identical panel of seven (7) arbitrators drawn from members of the National Academy of Arbitrators in the Chicago area. b. The parties must select an arbitrator within twenty-one (21) calendar days of the date on which they receive the FMCS panel. In the event that either party is dissatisfied with the names appearing on the panel, that party may, at its own expense, request a second panel from which an arbitrator must be chosen.

Appeal to Arbitration. If the grievance is not resolved at Step 2, or an answer is not given by Employee & Labor Relations within the time specified, the Union may request that the grievance be referred to an impartial arbitrator selected in the manner described below. 1. The Union must make a request for arbitration, by written notice to the University within fourteen (14) calendar days after the date of the Step 2 answer or the date the Step 2 answer should have been provided. 2. The parties may initially attempt to agree on an arbitrator. a. If they are unable to agree within twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date of the Union’s request for arbitration, either the Union or the University may request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to furnish each party with an identical panel of seven (7) arbitrators drawn from members of the National Academy of Arbitrators in the Chicago area. b. The parties must select an arbitrator within twenty-one (21) calendar days of the date on which they receive the FMCS panel. In the event that either party is dissatisfied with the names appearing on the panel, that party may, at its own expense, request a second panel from which an arbitrator must be chosen.