Deadlocked Sample Clauses

Deadlocked cases referred from the National Grievance Committee to binding arbitration pursuant to this Article, will be governed by the following procedures: 1. The arbitration process will be administered by the offices of the American Arbitration Association, whose offices located in the following cities will administer deadlocked cases arising from the following corr esponding geographical Regions of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters: New York City Somerset Eastern Chicago Central Los Angeles Fresno Western Atlanta Southern 2. The parties will jointly designate twenty-four (24) arbitrators who will each commit to hear one (1) case during each contract year of the Agreement. The current arbitrators will continue to serve until the parties jointly designate twenty-eight (28) arbitrators (which may include the incumbents). Cases will be assigned to arbitrators on a rotating alphabetical basis within each Region based upon the date of the original grievance that gave rise to the deadlocked case. The panels will consist of the following number of arbitrators who hear American Arbitration Association administered cases in each region of the IBT: Eastern 8 11 Central 7 5 Southern 4 Western 5 8