Common use of PERMISSIVE SUBJECTS OF BARGAINING Clause in Contracts

PERMISSIVE SUBJECTS OF BARGAINING. a. The employer recognizes that in the exercise of its Statutory rights to manage the AFMC workforce, there will be times when partnering with Council 214 and/or its respective locals in the exercise of those rights delineated in 5 USC 7106 (b)(1) will best serve the interests of both parties. The extent of partnering may range from a sharing of needs, goals and implementing measures to achieve buy-in, or, upon the request of the Union, an election by the Employer to bargain the matter. Bargaining may either be limited to matters related to appropriate arrangements, or, at the election of the Employer, more substantive matters related to the decision itself.