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Negotiators move to consolidate ratification and duration language; object to 'automatic' deletion clause
Summary
Bargaining teams discussed reorganizing the collective-bargaining agreement by embedding a separate ratification article into the duration article, updating the term to 2025–2028, and striking wording that would allow clauses to be "automatically deleted" if found illegal.
Negotiators spent a substantive portion of the session cleaning up and reorganizing the collective-bargaining agreement’s structure, including moving the separate ratification article into the duration article and clarifying how contract changes and re-openers work during the term.
“I suggest we strike the entire article [ratification] and embed it in article 13,” a facilitator said, arguing a standalone ratification page was redundant because signature pages already appear in the full book. The teams agreed to update the agreement’s term language to show the three-year…
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