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D. The Consultant will provide general and specific advice , <br /> assistance and training to the League' s Labor Relations <br /> Service in all areas of labor relations . <br /> 3. SPECIAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES <br /> Labor Relations Associates , Inc . agrees to provide special <br /> subscriber services , in addition to those general membership <br /> service enumerated above , to those Twin Cities metropolitan area <br /> cities which subscribe to this special service . These services <br /> include the following : <br /> A. One principal of the Consultant firm will participate with <br /> subscriber cities in joint negotiations , mediation and/or <br /> arbitration involving two or more subscribers and a common <br /> union when the Metropolitan Area Management Association <br /> (MAMA) is named as the city' s representative . <br /> B. The Consultant will not charge for time involved in joint <br /> bargaining for two or more subscribers dealing with a common <br /> union , nor for subscriber individual bargaining efforts which <br /> do not involve the Consultant in bargaining , mediation or <br /> arbitration sessions . <br /> C. Telephone calls , meetings , provision of data , recommendations <br /> and other general activities with subscribers involving the <br /> labor relations efforts either with elected or appointed <br /> • officials will be conducted and provided without charge . <br /> D. The Consultant will advise subscribers in their individual <br /> negotiations , mediation and/or arbitration efforts . Any <br /> attendance or preparation for attendance at such individual <br /> efforts will be individually billed to the subscribers. <br /> E. The Consultant will assist in the preparation of wage and <br /> fringe benefit data , contract language , analysis of <br /> arbitration decisions , selection of arbitrators , meet with <br /> elected officials and generally assist subscribers in dealing <br /> with their collective bargaining efforts . <br /> F. The Consultant shall , if authorized by the Labor Relations <br /> Subscriber Service Contract Committee , provide assistance or <br /> participation in negotiations , mediation , or arbitration of a <br /> subscriber-union dispute not covered by this Agreement <br /> provided that the problem may have a pattern-setting impact <br /> upon collective bargaining generally in the Twin Cities area . <br /> • -2- <br />