Common use of Impartial Arbitration Clause in Contracts

Impartial Arbitration. Steps One and Two of the grievance procedure set forth in this Agreement shall be pursued to completion before any application for arbitration may be made, unless the parties hereto enter into a written waiver of such step or steps and agree to proceed directly to arbitration A grievance, as defined in Section 1, which is not resolved at Step Two of the grievance procedure may be submitted to arbitration by the Union, provided that written notice of intent to arbitrate is received by the Director of Academic Labor Relations within thirty (30) calendar days following receipt by the Union of the Step Two answer (or, as per the time limits set forth in Section 4.c.i.). Such notice shall identify the grievance, and shall set forth the provisions of the Agreement involved and the remedy desired. i. Following written notice to the Director of Academic Labor Relations, an arbitrator shall be selected from the rotating panel of arbitrators set forth in Section 4e below. If the arbitrator at the head of the queue is unable to schedule a hearing date within 120 days of the request for his/her services, the next arbitrator will be contacted, and so on until an arbitrator who can schedule the hearing within 120 days is identified. If the Arbitrator does not accept selection, the next Arbitrator on the panel will be contacted.