PhillyBurbs.com: District, teachers still looking for neutral arbiter:
"The North Penn School District and its teacher union staved off a strike by agreeing to submit their contract dispute to a third party for arbitration.
One month later, that process has yet to begin.
The sides are moving on to Plan B after trying, and failing, to find a neutral arbiter for their three-person panel on their own. Now, each side will take turns crossing names off a seven-candidate list provided by the American Arbitration Association. The last name left becomes the arbitrator.
In mid-September, negotiators for teachers and the district said they'd submit to nonbinding arbitration, a process that puts each disputed contract provision before a three-person panel for recommendations. Each side has picked one advocate for the panel and now must select a third."
"The North Penn School District and its teacher union staved off a strike by agreeing to submit their contract dispute to a third party for arbitration.
One month later, that process has yet to begin.
The sides are moving on to Plan B after trying, and failing, to find a neutral arbiter for their three-person panel on their own. Now, each side will take turns crossing names off a seven-candidate list provided by the American Arbitration Association. The last name left becomes the arbitrator.
In mid-September, negotiators for teachers and the district said they'd submit to nonbinding arbitration, a process that puts each disputed contract provision before a three-person panel for recommendations. Each side has picked one advocate for the panel and now must select a third."