2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-1032 — Labor disputes submitted to arbitration -- Selection of board -- Parties to share expense.

     17A-2-1032.   Labor disputes submitted to arbitration -- Selection of board -- Parties to share expense.
     Whenever any labor disputes arise in the operation of any public transit service or system established and operated by the district and collective bargaining does not result in an agreement, the district and the labor organization shall submit such dispute to arbitration by a board composed of three persons, one appointed by the district, one appointed by the labor organization representing the employees and a third member to be agreed upon by the labor organization and the district. The member agreed upon by the labor organization and the district shall act as chairman of the board. The determination of the majority of the board of arbitration thus established shall be final and binding on all matters in dispute. If, after a period of ten days from the date of appointment of the second-named of the two arbitrators representing the district and the labor organization, the third arbitrator has not been selected, then either arbitrator may request the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to furnish a list of five persons qualified to act as an impartial arbitrator from which list the third arbitrator shall be selected. The names submitted shall be local persons or within as close a proximity to the local areas as possible. The arbitrators appointed by the district and the labor organization, promptly after the receipt of such list, shall determine by lot the order of elimination and thereafter each shall, in that order, alternately eliminate one name until only one name remains. The remaining person on the list shall be the third arbitrator. The term "labor dispute" shall be broadly construed and shall include any controversy concerning wages, salaries, working conditions, hours, or benefits, including health and welfare, sick leave, insurance or pension, or retirement provisions, but not limited thereto, and including any controversy concerning any differences or questions that may arise between the parties, including but not limited to the making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements, the terms to be included in such agreement, and the interpretation or application of such collective bargaining agreements and any grievances that may arise. Each party shall pay one-half of the expense of such arbitration.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 186, 1990 General Session