PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS AGREEMENT

1. The purpose of the University and the Union in entering into this labor Agreement is to set forth their agreement on rates of pay, hours of work, and other conditions of employment so as to promote orderly and peaceful relations for the mutual interest of the Employer, the employees, and the Union.

2. Officials respectively representing the University and the Union will, from time to time during the life of this Agreement, at the request of either and the mutual convenience of both, meet to appraise their administration of this Agreement, to analyze influences which may be impairing the attainment of their joint goal and to improve understanding between their respective representatives and among employees. Such meetings shall not be for the purpose of conducting collective bargaining negotiations, nor in any way to modify, add to, or detract from the provisions of this Agreement.