Disagreement / Mediation. A. In the event an agreement is not reached by negotiations after full consideration of proposals and counter proposals, either of the parties shall have the option of declaring impasse. B. Impasse is whenever the parties have stopped talking to each other at the negotiating table or after the positions of the parties have solidified and the parties have become intransigent pertaining to unresolved negotiation issues. C. If impasse is declared by either party it is with the understanding that impasse proceedings are declared on all the issues where agreement has not been reached by the parties. D. The parties shall jointly prepare a request for a Mediator and direct such request to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (“FMCS”). E. The assigned Mediator has the authority to recommend but not to bind either party to any agreements. F. Any cost of the mediator shall be borne equally by both parties. G. The parties agree that the aforementioned Mediation shall supersede all other dispute settlement procedures contained in O.R.C. 4117.14.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
