MASTER CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEMaster Contractual Agreement • December 30th, 2015
Contract Type FiledDecember 30th, 2015IN ACCORDANCE WITH 12 V.S.A. §5652(B), THE BOARDS AND THE ASSOCIATION UNDERSTAND THAT THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE. AFTER SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT, THE BOARDS AND THE ASSOCIATION UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BRING A LAWSUIT CONCERNING ANY DISPUTE THAT MAY ARISE WHICH IS COVERED BY THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, UNLESS IT INVOLVES A QUESTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR CIVIL RIGHTS. INSTEAD, THE PARTIES AGREE TO SUBMIT ANY SUCH DISPUTE TO AN IMPARTIAL ARBITRATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE XII, GRIEVANCE, IN THIS CBA.