Opinion ID: 857235
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The rights to manage the business and

Text: plant and to direct the working forces includes the right to hire, suspend or discharge for proper cause, or transfer, and the right to relieve employees from duty because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons. Id. at 29. Section 9 of the CBA is entitled ―Hours of Work.‖ Two provisions of that Section are relevant to our analysis, Sections 9(A)(1) and 9(B)(1), which read as follows: A. Normal Hours of Work 1. The normal workweek shall be 40 hours per week, scheduled on five successive days, from Monday through Friday, inclusive. B. Scheduling 1. If an employee is requested to report to work outside his regularly scheduled workweek and whether or not work is available he shall receive a minimum of 4 hours reporting pay at the employee‘s applicable rate of pay. Id. at 38. Section 2 is entitled ―Scope of the Agreement.‖ Within Section 2 is a paragraph referred to by the parties as a ―zipper clause,‖ which reads as follows: 6 Agreements for the plant will only be recognized if they are in writing and signed by the designate of the International, and the Negotiating Committee; provided, however, that any such agreements may be terminated by either party upon 30 days written notice to the other party. Id. at 28.