TEACHERS’ RIGHTS. A. Right to Freely Organize, Join and Support the Association. Pursuant to Act 379 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, the Board hereby agrees that teachers covered by this Agreement shall have the right to freely organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation, or to not join and support the Association, as each teacher individually elects. The Board further agrees that it will not directly or indirectly encourage or discourage, deprive or coerce any teacher from the enjoyment of any rights conferred by Act 379, as amended, that it will not discriminate against any teacher with respect to wages, hours, terms or conditions of employment, by reason of his/her membership in this Association or participation in collective professional negotiation with the Board, or his/her institution of any grievance under this Agreement, but that nothing herein shall require a teacher to be a member of or participate in the activities of any organization.
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Samples: Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement
