Union Contract Local 2, OPEIU - WMATA.com

(4) Notwithstanding any of the above provisions, the Authorityand the Union recognize the right of the employee(s) tosettle his or her grievance directly, provided that the termsof settlement are not inconsistent with the provisions ofthis Agreement. The settlement of any grievance whichhas been reduced to writing must be confirmed in writingto the grievant with a copy provided simultaneously to theUnion.(5) Upon receipt of a timely demand for arbitration, the partiesshall promptly appoint their partisan arbitrators. Therespective arbitrators shall attempt promptly to select amutually agreeable neutral to serve as chairman of a threeperson Board of Arbitration. In the event the two partisanarbitrators are unable to agree upon the selection of a neutralarbitrator within ten (10) working days, either partymay request the American Arbitration Association (AAA)or the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)to furnish a list of not more than seven (7) arbitrators, oneof whom may be designated by the parties to act as thechairman of the Board of Arbitration; if the parties cannotagree upon an arbitrator from the list, selection shallbe made by the partisan arbitrators by alternately strikingnames from the list until only one name remains. Thefinal name remaining shall be chairman of the Board ofArbitration.(6) The jurisdiction and authority of the Board of Arbitrationon contract grievances and the Board’s opinion and awardshall be confined exclusively to the specific provision orprovisions of the agreement at issue between the Unionand the Authority. Except as provided in Section 7, theBoard shall have no authority to add to, alter, amend ormodify any provision of this Agreement. A decision of a55