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1402.03000 – By Contract/Zipper Clauses/Management Rights Clauses
As the wording of the workload provision was sufficiently clear to establish a "clear and unmistakeable" objective meaning, the Association, by agreeing to these provisions, waived its right to negotiate over the change in the District's assignment of classes; p. 17. Exclusive representative may by contractual agreement, waive its right to negotiate a change, and the employer is thereby free to make that change; p. 11.
608.07000 – Waiver by Union; Contract Waivers; Bargaining History Estoppel; Disclaimer; Supersession
As the wording of the workload provision was sufficiently clear to establish a "clear and unmistakeable" objective meaning, the Association, by agreeing to these provisions, waived its right to negotiate over the change in the District's assignment of classes; p. 17. Exclusive representative may, by contractual agreement, waive its right to negotiate a change, and the employer is thereby free to make that change; p. 11.
1402.01000 – In General
A waiver, to be effective, must be clearly and unequivocably conveyed; p. 11.