Selection of Neutral. The parties shall initially seek to agree upon a mediator or arbiter. If the parties are unable to agree, the Guild may request a list of nine (9) arbiters from Washington and Oregon from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The parties shall alternately strike names from the list until one remains. That individual shall be the mediator or arbiter. Upon mutual agreement by the parties, challenges to the procedural arbitrability of a grievance shall be resolved in a proceeding separate from and prior to arbitration on the merits of a grievance.
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