Obligations to Bargain. This Agreement represents the entire Agreement of the parties and shall supersede all previous agreements, written or verbal. Where past practice directly conflicts with the express terms of the contract, the contract shall prevail. The parties agree that the provisions of this Agreement shall supersede any provisions of the Personnel Rules of the Director relating to any of the subjects of collective bargaining contained therein when the provisions of such Personnel Rules differ with this Agreement. The parties acknowledge that during the negotiations which resulted in this Agreement each had the unlimited right and opportunity to make demands and proposals with respect to any subject or matter not removed by law from the area of collective bargaining, and that all of the understandings and agreements arrived at by the parties after the exercise of that right and opportunity are set forth in this Agreement. Therefore, Employer and IFPE, for the term of this Agreement and any extension, each voluntarily and unqualifiedly waives the right, and each agrees that the other shall not be obligated to bargain collectively with respect to any subject or matter referred to or covered in this Agreement, or with respect to any subject or matter not specifically referred to or covered in this Agreement, even though such subject or matter may not have been within the knowledge or contemplation of either or both of the parties at the time that they negotiated or signed this Agreement.
