Federal Mediation. 1. 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. 2. Impasse is whenever the parties have stopped talking to each other at the negotiating table or after many bargaining sessions have been held on the position of parties have solidified and the parties have become intransigent pertaining to unresolved negotiation issues. 3. If either party declares impasse, it is with the understanding that impasse proceedings are declared on all the issues where agreement has not been reached by either party. 4. The parties shall jointly prepare a request for a mediator and direct such request to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. 5. The Mediator has no authority to bind either party to any agreements. 6. Cost, which may be accrued in securing and utilizing the service of the mediator, shall be shared equally by the Board and the Association. 7. The foregoing mediation procedure is exclusive and constitutes the parties’ “mutually agreed upon dispute resolution procedure” pursuant to O.R.C. Chapter 4117.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
