(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.
(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.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 42. Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs
Chapter 40. Alaska Railroad Corporation
Article 9. Personnel and Labor Relations.
Sec. 42.40.705. Political activities.
Sec. 42.40.710. Corporation employees.
Sec. 42.40.720. Collective bargaining rights.
Sec. 42.40.730. Railroad labor relations agency.
Sec. 42.40.740. Collective bargaining unit.
Sec. 42.40.750. Representatives and elections.
Sec. 42.40.760. Unfair labor practices.
Sec. 42.40.770. Investigation and conciliation of complaints.
Sec. 42.40.780. Complaint and accusation.
Sec. 42.40.790. Orders and decisions.
Sec. 42.40.800. Enforcement by injunction.
Sec. 42.40.810. Power to investigate and compel testimony.
Sec. 42.40.830. Penalty for violation of order or decision.
Sec. 42.40.870. Organization dues and employee benefits; deduction and authorization.