Health Care Legislation. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, to the extent that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) or other specific federal laws related to health care are repealed or significantly modified in a manner that materially impact the United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers Health and Welfare Fund – Atlanta, the Union or the Company may at any time reopen the Health and Welfare articles of the Agreement to negotiate changes directly related to such repeals or modifications so long as such agreed upon changes do not change the overall economic value of the bargained package for the contract period. If following a reopener no agreement on modifications to the Agreement is reached through good-faith bargaining, the Union may exercise its right to strike over applicable articles dealing with Health and Welfare only, notwithstanding any language in the Agreement restricting the Union’s right to strike during the term of the Agreement and/or the Company may exercise its right to lock out notwithstanding any language in the Agreement restricting the Company’s right to lock out during the term of the Agreement.
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