70 ILCS 3615/2.19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.19)Sec. 2.19.     Labor Relations Procedures.(a) Whenever the Authority proposes to operate or to enter into a  contract to operate any new public transportation facility which may result  in the displacement of employees or the rearrangement of the working forces  of the Authority or of the Chicago Transit Authority or of any transportation  agency, the Authority shall give  at least 90 days written notice of such proposed operations to the  representatives of the employees affected and the Authority shall provide  for the selection of forces to perform the work of that facility on the  basis of agreement between the Authority and the representatives of such  employees. In the event of failure to agree, the dispute may be submitted  by the Authority or by any representative of the employees affected to  final and binding arbitration by an impartial arbitrator to be selected by  the American Arbitration Association from a current listing of arbitrators  of the National Academy of Arbitrators.(b) In case of any labor dispute not otherwise governed by this Act, by  the Labor Management Relations Act, as amended, the Railway Labor Act, as  amended, or by impasse resolution provisions in a collective bargaining or  protective agreement involving the Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority  or any transportation agency  financed in whole or in part by the Authority and the employees of the  Authority or of the Chicago Transit Authority or any such transportation  agency, which is not settled by the  parties thereto within 30 days from the date of commencement of  negotiations, either party may request the assistance of a mediator  appointed by either the State or Federal Mediation and Conciliation  Service, who shall seek to resolve the dispute. In the event that the  dispute is not resolved by mediation within a reasonable period, the  mediator shall certify to the parties that an impasse exists. Upon receipt  of the mediator's certification, any party to the dispute may, within 7  days, submit the dispute to a fact finder who shall be selected by the  parties pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association from  a current listing of members of the National Academy of Arbitrators  supplied by the AAA. The fact finder shall have the duty to hold hearings,  or otherwise take evidence from the parties under such other arrangements  as they may agree. Upon completion of the parties' submissions, the fact  finder shall have the power to issue and make public findings and  recommendations, or to refer the dispute back to the parties for such other  appropriate action as he may recommend. In the event that the parties do  not reach agreement after the issuance of the fact finder's report and  recommendations, or in cases where neither party requests fact finding, the  Authority shall offer to submit the dispute to arbitration by a board  composed of 3 persons, one appointed by the Authority, one appointed by the  labor organization representing the employees, and a third member to be  agreed upon by the labor organization and the Authority. The member agreed  upon by the labor organization and the Authority 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 10 days from the date of the appointment of the two  arbitrators representing the Authority and the labor organization, the  third arbitrator has not been selected, then either arbitrator may request  the American Arbitration Association to furnish from a current listing of  the membership of the National Academy of Arbitrators the names of 7 such  members of the National Academy from which the third arbitrator shall be  selected. The arbitrators appointed by the Authority 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, hours, working conditions, 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 agreements, and the  interpretation or application of such collective bargaining agreements and  any grievance that may arise. Each party shall pay one-half of the expenses  of such arbitration.    (Source: P.A. 83-886.)