Common use of Nature and Terms Clause in Contracts

Nature and Terms. 1. The Board of Education of the Syracuse City School District, having determined that the Syracuse Teachers Association, Incorporated, is supported by a majority of the employees in Unit 7 (Food and Nutrition Services), and that the Syracuse Teachers Association, Incorporated, was certified as the said employees’ bargaining agent on February 17, 1981, by the Syracuse City School District Employment Relations Council, hereby recognizes the Syracuse Teachers Association, Incorporated, as the exclusive representative of all employees in the Unit, and hereby extends to the Syracuse Teachers Association, Incorporated, the following rights: a. to represent exclusively Unit 7 employees in negotiations regarding wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment; b. to represent Unit 7 employees in the settlement of grievances; c. to unchallenged representation status for the duration of this Agreement with the exception that the statutory period of challenge shall be observed. 2. During the period of recognition hereunder, the Board agrees not to negotiate in any way with any other organization representing, or attempting or seeking to represent, or claiming to represent, employees in the negotiating unit represented by the Association. 3. In the event that any competing employee organization claims the right to represent the employee in said Unit, the selection of an employee’s representative shall be determined in accordance with the New York State Public Employees Fair Employment Act (“▇▇▇▇▇▇ Law”).