Common use of Request to Arbitrate Clause in Contracts

Request to Arbitrate. Should any grievance not be settled satisfactorily at the Third Step, the Union may, within forty-five (45) calendar days of the Third Step Answer, submit a request for arbitration to the City and at the same time submit a request for an arbitration panel of nine (9) Ohio based, National Academy Certified arbitrators to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services. The City will be furnished a copy of the arbitration panel request. Once the panel of arbitrators is submitted to the parties, each party will have fourteen (14) calendar days from the mailing date in which to strike any name to which it objects, number the remaining names to indicate the order of preference, and return the list to the FMCS. Each party may reject a list and submit a request for another list. The party requesting the list will be responsible for the cost of obtaining the list.