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ARTICLE II: NEGOTIATIONS
PROCEDURES
2.1
Negotiations on successor agreements shall begin no
later than April 1, unless both parties agree to an
alternate date. Meetings shall be held as necessary at
times and places agreed to by both parties.
2.2
Both parties agree that it is their mutual
responsibility to confer upon their respective
representatives the necessary power and authority to
make proposals, consider proposals, make
counter-proposals in the course of negotiations, and
reach tentative agreements which shall be presented
respectively to the Association and then to the Board
for ratification.
2.3
Each party to negotiations shall select its negotiating
representatives provided that the Board shall not select
a member of the bargaining unit, as herein defined, and
the Association shall not select a Board bargaining unit
member excluded from the bargaining unit.
2.4
Should either party declare impasse under the provisions
of an applicable statute, the parties shall jointly
request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
to provide the services of a mediator. Should FMCS be
unavailable, the parties shall mutually agree upon a
replacement. In the event that the parties cannot agree
upon a replacement, the Illinois Educational Labor
Relations Board shall be notified. The costs of
mediation shall be shared equally by the Association and
the Board.
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