Final Clauses 1. This Agreement shall be ratified or approved by the Parties in accordance with their respective procedures and shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Parties notify each other that the procedures referred to above have been completed.
WAIVER CLAUSE The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations which resulted in this Agreement, each had the unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject or matter not removed by law from the area of collective bargaining, and that the understanding and agreements arrived at by the parties after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth in this Agreement. Therefore, the Board and the Association, for the life of this agreement, each voluntarily and unqualifiedly waives the right and each agrees that the other shall not be obligated to bargain collectively with respect to any subject or matter not specifically referred to or covered in this Agreement, even though such subjects or matters may not have been within the knowledge or contemplation of either or both of the parties at the time that they negotiated or signed this Agreement except by mutual consent an article, or part of an article, may be renegotiated. It is expressly understood that should the Board of Education create a new job classification, it will negotiate with the Association for wages for said position. It is further understood that the Board shall not change the responsibilities of any position in violation of this contract without prior negotiations with the Association.
Sunset Clause The provisions of this Section expires automatically on the expiration date of this Agreement.
Special Clauses [No special clauses apply to this grant agreement.] [The following special clauses apply to this grant agreement:]
NO STRIKE CLAUSE The Union and the Board recognize that strikes and other forms of work stoppage by employees are contrary to law and public policy. The Union and the Board subscribe to the principle that differences shall be resolved by peaceful and appropriate means without interruption of school program. The Union, therefore, agrees that its officers, representatives and members shall not authorize, instigate, cause, aid, encourage, ratify, or condone, a strike, nor shall any of its employees take part in any strike, slowdown or stoppage of work, boycott, picketing or other interruption of activities in the school system.
Break Clause 2.5.1 This agreement creates a single tenancy that starts with a fixed element and then becomes periodic. This would normally guarantee both parties the rights and obligations for the fixed element and a minimum of one period. The following two clauses allow either party to terminate the agreement earlier than that date, but not before the end of the fixed element (the date quoted in 1.6.1 as “to and including (date)”).