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19.1 The District shall not discriminate against faculty members because of their membership in the Federation or because of their exercise of other rights as provided in this Agreement.

19.2 The wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment expressed or implied in any individual contract of employment between the District and a faculty member shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement. 19.3 The Agreement shall be deemed to supersede any and all policies, rules, and regulations that are contrary to, or inconsistent with, its terms.

19.4 No faculty member covered by this Agreement shall suffer a reduction in preexisting salary or health and welfare fringe benefits because of the signing of this Agreement.

19.5 The District and its representatives shall take no action in violation of or inconsistent with any provision of this Agreement.

19.6 A. (1) Should any Article, Section, or Clause of this Agreement be declared illegal by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, said Article, Section, or Clause, as the case may be, shall be automatically deleted from this Agreement to the extent that it violated the law. The remaining Articles, Sections, and Clauses shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of the Agreement if not affected by the deleted Article, Section, or Clause. In addition, upon the request of either party, the District and the Federation shall promptly meet and negotiate in an attempt to agree upon appropriate amendments to the Agreement with respect to any such matter declared to be illegal.

(2) If legislative action, or a judicial determination, results in the requirement that hourly-rate faculty members receive any form of pro-rata compensation, seniority, or job-retention rights, the parties shall promptly meet and negotiate concerning any and all portions of this Agreement that may be affected by such legislation action or judgement.

19.7 The parties agree that during the negotiations which culminated in this Agreement, each party enjoyed and exercised without constraint, coercion, intimidation, or other limitation, the right and opportunity to make demands and proposals or counterproposals with respect to any matter not reserved by policy or law from compromise through bargaining, and that the understandings and agreements arrived at after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth herein.

The parties agree, therefore, that the other shall not be obligated to negotiate or bargain collectively with respect to any subject or matter, whether referred to

herein or not, even though such subject or matter may not have been in the knowledge and contemplation of either or both of the parties at the time they negotiated or signed this Agreement.

19.8 It is agreed and understood that there will be no strike, work stoppage, slow- down, or picketing (except lawful informational picketing), or refusal or failure to fully and faithfully perform job functions and responsibilities, or other concerted activities intended to interfere with the operations of the District by the

Federation, or by its officers or agents, during the term of the Agreement, including compliance with the request of other labor organizations to engage in such activity. The Federation recognizes the duty and obligation of its

representatives to comply with the provisions of this Agreement and to make every effort toward inducing all faculty members to do so. In the event of a strike, work stoppage, slow-down, (or other concerted activities intended to interfere with the operations of the District) by faculty members who are represented by the Federation, the Federation agrees in good faith to take all necessary steps to urge those employees to cease such action, even if such action, was without the concern or sanction of the Federation. Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to give any right of concerted action or to waive any legal rights otherwise available to either of the parties.

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District Rights

Except as limited by the terms of this Agreement and by applicable law, it is understood and agreed that the District retains all of its powers and authority to direct, manage, and control to the full extent of the law. Included in, but not limited to, those duties and powers are the exclusive right to determine its organization; direct the work of its employees; determine the times and hours of operation; determine the kinds and levels of services to be provided, and the means of providing them; establish its educational policies, goals, and objectives; ensure the rights and educational opportunities of students; determine staffing patterns; determine the kinds and number of personnel required; maintain the efficiency of District operations; determine the curricula; build, move, or modify facilities; establish budget procedures and determine budgetary allocations; determine the methods of raising revenue; take action on any matter in the event of an emergency; and to hire, classify, assign, evaluate, promote, terminate, and discipline employees.

ARTICLE 21

Term

21.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 1998, until June 30, 2001.

21.2 In the event that either party desires to negotiate the provisions of a successor Agreement, such party shall serve upon the other, during the period from December 15, 2000, to January 15, 2001, its written request to commence negotiations as well as its proposals for any modifications or alterations of the Agreement that it proposes to include in such successor Agreement. Any Article or Section of this Agreement that either party does not propose to amend shall be presumed to be jointly proposed for continued inclusion in any successor Agreement. Upon receipt of such written notice and proposal, the other party shall promptly prepare and submit its proposals, and negotiations shall begin thereafter no later than March 1, 2001.

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