(a) If, after a reasonable period of negotiation over the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, an impasse as determined by the railroad labor relations agency exists between the corporation and an organization, the railroad labor relations agency shall appoint a person mutually agreeable to the parties from a list of seven qualified mediators or arbitrators knowledgeable in railway labor agreements to act as mediator in the dispute.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 42.40.840

  • collective bargaining: means the performance of the mutual obligation of the corporation or its designated representatives and the representatives of the employees to meet at reasonable times, including meetings in advance of the budget making process, and negotiating in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or negotiation of a question arising under an agreement and the execution of a written contract incorporating an agreement reached if requested by either party, but these obligations do not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession. See Alaska Statutes 42.40.980
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(b) Before the determination of an impasse under this section, the parties may also select a mediator by mutual consent.
(c) It shall be the function of the mediator to bring the parties together to effectuate a settlement of the dispute, but neither the mediator nor the railroad labor relations agency has any power of compulsion in mediation proceedings.
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