The University recognizes the Association as the sole and exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and other terms and conditions of employment of all those employees of the University included in the bargaining unit as found appropriate in Case No. R92 E-131 (full-time and part-time employees), excluding executive, administrative, professional, academic, and supervisory personnel; student employees; temporary employees; and those employees in other recognized bargaining units.

1. The Association shall have sole collective bargaining jurisdiction over all work within each of the positions covered by this Agreement and members of the Association shall have the right to perform the duties and responsibilities for each position covered by this Agreement. It is recognized that certain duties which are the same or similar to that which is performed by employees in the bargaining unit has and may continue to be performed by individuals who are excluded from the bargaining unit.

2. Additionally, non-bargaining personnel may perform work in any of these positions temporarily, in emergencies, for special events, or for the purpose of training, but not on any regular or scheduled basis and such work should not eliminate an existing position covered by this agreement. It is understood that supervisory, administrative, and student employees will not be used to replace an existing bargaining unit employee on a permanent basis or deprive overtime opportunities for bargaining unit members.

For the purpose of this Agreement, a full-time employee is an employee who is normally scheduled to work an eighty (80) hour work period on a non-temporary basis. A part-time employee is an employee who is normally scheduled to work less than an eighty (80) hour work period on a non-temporary basis.

This Agreement may be amended or supplemented only by further written agreement between the parties. A party desiring amendment or supplementation of this Agreement will notify the other party in writing, stating the substance of the amendment or supplement desired, but the other party will not be obligated to agree to any proposed amendment or supplement.