EMPLOYER INTERFERENCE, RESTRAINT, COERCION; DEFENSES – Union Consent or Waiver

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Contract provision prohibiting “picketing,” without differentiating between forms of picketing, is insufficient to constitute a clear and unmistakable waiver if the EERA-protected right to engage in non-disruptive informational picketing. Statutorily and constitutionally protected rights – such as the right to engage in non-disruptive informational picketing, can only be divested, by employees or their exclusive representatives, through a “clear and unmistakable waiver.”