Interest Arbitration Procedure Sample Clauses

Interest Arbitration Procedure. If the parties should fail to reach agreement on any mandatory item in the negotiations, the Public Employment Relations Board shall be requested to provide a mediator for the dispute. It shall be the mediator's function to bring the parties together to effectuate a settlement of the dispute, but the mediator may not compel the parties to agree. If the impasse persists ten days after the mediator conducts the first mediation session, the impasse shall go to arbitration. If the parties cannot mutually agree on an individual to arbitrate the impasse, the Public Employment Relation Board shall be requested to furnish a list of five (5) arbitrators. Each party shall have the right to reject two lists. The Employer and the Union shall alternatively strike names from the first, second, or third list, as the case may be, until one remains, and that person shall be the arbiter. The first strike shall be by the Union. The decision of the arbiter shall be final and binding on both parties to the extent required by law. The arbiter shall be requested to furnish such decision not later than fifteen (15) days after the beginning of the proceedings.