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- 13 - <br /> Union may, by written notice to the Employer, <br /> within ten (10) working days after the Step 2 <br /> answer is given or due, appeal the grievance to <br /> arbitration. <br /> Section 5 . Arbitration Procedures <br /> Within thirty (30) days of submission of a matter to <br /> arbitration representatives of the Employer and the Union <br /> shall meet to select an arbitrator from a list of mutually <br /> agreed to arbitrators . If the parties are unable to agree on <br /> an arbitrator within twenty (20) working days after the <br /> meeting, the parties shall request the Federal Mediation and <br /> Conciliation Service to submit a list of seven (7) <br /> arbitrators . Either party may reject one entire panel of <br /> arbitrators . In the event a party strikes the entire panel of <br /> arbitrators, a joint request for a new list of seven (7) <br /> arbitrators shall be submitted to the Federal Mediation and <br /> Conciliation Service within ten (10) working days . Within ten <br /> (10) working days of receipt of the final list the parties <br /> shall alternately strike the names of three (3) arbitrators, <br /> taking turns as to the first strike . The person whose name <br /> remains shall be the arbitrator. Within five (5) working days <br /> of selection the arbitrator shall be notified of his/her <br /> selection by a joint letter from the Employer and the Union <br /> requesting that he/she set a time and place for the hearing, <br /> subject to the availability of the Employer and Union' s <br /> representatives. A time and place for the hearing shall be <br /> scheduled within ten (10) working days . The abritrator shall <br /> be notified of the issue where mutually agreed to by the <br /> parties . All hearings shall be held in the City of Decatur, <br /> unless mutually agreed otherwise. <br /> The Employer and the Union shall have the right to <br /> request the arbitrator to require the presence of witnesses <br /> and/or documents . <br /> Questions of arbitrability shall be decided by the <br /> arbitrator. The arbitrator shall make a preliminary <br /> determination on the question of arbitrability. Once a <br /> determination is made that the matter is arbitrable or if such <br /> preliminary determination cannot be reasonably made, the <br /> arbitrator shall then proceed to determine the merits of the <br /> dispute. The arbitrator shall neither amend, modify, nullify, <br /> ignore, add to, or subtract from any of the provisions of this <br /> Agreement. <br /> The expenses and fees of the arbitrator and the cost of <br /> the hearing room shall be borne equally. The decision and <br />