State v. Nakanelua

Opinion of the Court by

NAKAMURA, Chief Judge.

These consolidated appeals stem from a dispute between government employers and a government-employee union regarding the process of selecting a neutral arbitrator after an impasse was reached in the parties’ renegotiation of their collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for a new term. The type of arbitration involved in this ease, known as *496“interest arbitration,”3 is designed to determine the terms of the parties’ CBA when the parties cannot come to an agreement and an impasse is reached. The use of arbitration to resolve the impasse in this case…