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any individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in
connection with, any current labor dispute;

(5)   "Representative" means any person or labor organization
designated or selected for the purpose of collective bargaining by a
majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purpose;

(6)   "Labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning rates of
pay, wages, hours, or terms, tenure or conditions of employment.

12F. Certification of Disputes Between Public Utility Employers
and Their Employees.

(1)  In the event that the Commissioner of Labor and Industry
finds that a labor dispute has not been settled by collective bargain-
ing and imminently threatens a substantial interruption in the rend-
ering of public utility services he shall certify such dispute to the
Governor. The Governor shall thereupon conduct such investigation
of the dispute as he deems appropriate under the circumstances.
The investigation shall include, unless the Governor deems it im-
practicable, an informal hearing at which the parties to the dispute
shall be heard upon the sole question of whether the interruption is
imminent or exists and would or does curtail the availability of
public utility services to such an extent as to endanger the health
or, safety, OR GENERAL WELFARE of the community. If the
Governor so finds and proclaims, and if the Governor further finds
and proclaims that the intervention of government will be in the
public interest and in accordance with the expressed policy of this
sub-title, then he is authorized to invoke the following procedure for
the settlement of the dispute:—

(2)  The Governor may request the parties voluntarily to sumbit the
dispute to an Emergency Board of Arbitration of 3 members, chosen
as set forth in Subsection SECTION 12K below OF THIS SUB-
TITLE, empowered to recommend the terms upon which the
parties should settle the dispute, whenever its recommendations
are made subsequent to the date on which the last agreement
was terminated or to be changed, the recommendations of the
Emergency Board shall be retroactive to such date on each issue
on which such retroactivity is possible-:; OR, IN THE EVENT
THE PARTIES SHALL NEGLECT OR REFUSE FOR A
PERIOD OF 15 DAYS OR SUCH GREATER PERIOD NOT
IN EXCESS OF 60 DAYS AS MAY BE MUTUALLY AGREED
TO BY THE PARTIES, AFTER SEIZURE OF THE PUB-
LIC UTILITY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUB-TITLE, TO EFFECT SETTLEMENT OF THEIR DISPUTE,
EITHER BY VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT OR SUBMISSION TO
BINDING ARBITRATION, THEN THE GOVERNOR SHALL, BY
HIS ORDER, DIRECT THE FORMATION OF AN EMERGENCY
BOARD OF ARBITRATION AS HEREIN PROVIDED, AND THE
SUBMISSION OF SUCH DISPUTE THERETO FOR DETERMI-
NATION, WHICH DETERMINATION SHALL BE BINDING
UPON THE PARTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS.

(3)   THE EMERGENCY BOARD OF ARBITRATION SHALL,
AFTER REASONABLE NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES, PROMPTLY
HOLD HEARINGS AND SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO AD-
MINISTER OATHS AND REQUIRE THE ATTENDANCE OF
WITNESSES AND THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH BOOKS, PAP-