Alternate Arbitration Procedure. Any grievance seeking a remedy of $1,000.00 or less, including disciplinary actions with an impact of $1,000.00 or less, will be referred to a Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) staff member appointed by the Executive Director pursuant to RCW 41.56.125 who shall serve as the arbitrator. In such cases, the parties will make every effort to meet as expeditiously as possible and will present brief written statements of position to the arbitrator appointed no less than five (5) calendar days prior to an informal hearing to be held on the Yakima campus. A copy of the brief will be provided to the opposite party on the same day it is presented to the arbitrator. Present at such informal hearing will be the Union staff representative and the grievant for the Union, and two administrators appointed by the President. No other witnesses will be allowed, but signed statements and evidence may be presented. There will be no recordings, transcription or other records kept of such hearings. The parties will present brief oral arguments at such hearing, with the moving party proceeding first and a brief rebuttal by each side. The arbitrator is encouraged to question any participant at the hearing or call for additional information, as they deem necessary. Following such hearing, the arbitrator will render an immediate oral decision, followed by a written summary judgment. The decision of the arbitrator will be final and binding on the parties to this Agreement.
Alternate Arbitration Procedure. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Article, unresolved grievances at Step 3 may be submitted by the Union to a closed panel of arbitrators and not the American Arbitration Association, under an alternate arbitration procedure mutually agreed between the parties.
Alternate Arbitration Procedure. The Parties agree to incorporate an Alternate Arbitration Procedure into this Article as follows:
Alternate Arbitration Procedure. (a) The Parties may, by mutual agreement, submit any grievance they deem appropriate to a mutually agreed third Party at any point during the grievance procedure for an expedited ruling on the grievance.
Alternate Arbitration Procedure. The employer and the union recognize the right of either party to refer a grievance to a single Arbitrator in accordance with Section 45 of the Labour Relations Act. If either party exercises this alternative, it will advise the other party in writing of its intention in accordance with the time limits specified in Step 5 of the Grievance Procedure.
Alternate Arbitration Procedure. Should the parties mutually agree to an alternative 8 arbitration procedure, the matter will be referred to a PERC Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 9 appointed by the Executive Director pursuant to RCW 41.56.125 who shall serve as arbitrator. A copy of 10 the contract the grievance was filed under and any documentation that is part of the grievance history 11 shall be provided to the arbitrator along with the written statements of the parties’ positions in advance 12 of the hearing. The parties will meet as expeditiously as possible.
Alternate Arbitration Procedure. The parties hereto agree to introduce an arbitration procedure which can be used as an alternative to the procedures currently included in the Collective Agreement. In a case where a grievance is referred to arbitration, the parties may, by mutual agreement, refer the grievance for final and binding resolution under the following arbitration procedure:
Alternate Arbitration Procedure. Should the AFT-YPS choose to proceed to arbitration on any grievance seeking a remedy of $1,000.00 or less (including disciplinary actions with an economic impact of $1,000.00 or less) will be referred to a Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) staff member appointed by the Executive Director pursuant to RCW 41.56.125 shall serve as the arbitrator. In such cases, the parties will make every effort to meet as expeditiously as possible. A copy of the contract the grievance was filed under and any documentation that is part of the grievance history shall be provided to the arbitrator along with the written statements of the parties positions. Present at such informal hearing will be the AFT-YPS staff representative and the grievant for the AFT-YPS, and two administrators appointed by the President. Each party may present a limited number of witnesses. There will be no recordings, transcription or other records kept of such hearings. The parties will present brief oral arguments at such hearing, with the moving party proceeding first and a brief rebuttal by each side. The arbitrator is encouraged to question any participant at the hearing or call for additional information, as they deem necessary. Following such hearing, the arbitrator will render an immediate oral decision, followed by a written summary judgment. The decision of the arbitrator will be final and binding on the parties to this Agreement.
Alternate Arbitration Procedure parties may,by mutual agreement, refer a grievance to the Alternate Arbitration Procedure. The arbitrators shall be the chief negotiator for the and the chief negotiator for the UNION. Where appropriate, each party have the right to appoint an alternate arbitrator. Each party shall bear their own expensesfor this procedure. arbitrators will compel the respective local union and employer to submit a written statement of their position, which shall contain all of the pertinent facts, information and reasons for their position, in order to assist the arbitrators to render a decision. The arbitratorsshall have the authority tojointly interview witnesses, visit work sites and investigate all matters relevant to the grievance. All decisions rendered by the arbitrators shall be in writing, shall befully enforced, shall have no precedent value, shall only be used in the case at hand and shall not be referred to in any other proceedings. In the event that the arbitrators cannot resolve the grievance, a Chairman shall be appointed by mutual agreement of the arbitrators. Chairman shall have the power to render a and binding decision. Either party may cancel this Letter of Understanding with thirty (30) calendar days notice. THIS AGREEMENT MADE THE 28th DAY OF AUGUST, ON BEHALF OF: Mainline Municipal Labour Relations Association ON BEHALF OF: Canadian Union of Public Employees, Locals X. Xxxxxx" "Xxx Xxxxx" LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN: THE MAINLINE MUNICIPAL LABOUR RELATIONS ASSOCIATION AND: THE CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Alternate Arbitration Procedure. The parties may, by mutual agreement, refer a grievance to the Alternate Arbitration Procedure.
