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27 ARTICLE 30 CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE/IMMUNITY PROGRAM Section 1. The Parties recognize that each employee is responsible for ensuring that their performance conforms to established standards, and the Employer ensures each employee is certified by the FAA. In the event of a difference of professional opinion between an employee and the Manager the employee shall comply with the instructions of the Manager. In such situations, the Manager shall assume all responsibility for the decision and the employee shall be immune from any action, disciplinary or otherwise, which might otherwise result from complying with the Manager's instructions. Section 2. In the event a Manager relieves an employee from the employee's operational position because of alleged unacceptable performance of duty, the Manager shall provide, upon request of the employee, a written explanation of reason(s) for the action as soon as practicable but not more than seven days. The written explanation is not a notice of proposed action, disciplinary or otherwise. ARTICLE 31 UNION PUBLICATIONS AND USE OF EMPLOYER'S FACILITIES Section 1. The Employer will provide necessary space, if available, in each facility where bargaining unit employees are employed, in a non-work area, for a Union furnished bulletin board for the posting of Union materials. The parties at the local level will determine the exact location and size of the Union bulletin board. The content of any material placed on the Union bulletin board shall not be restricted, censored, altered or removed by the Employer. The posting of scurrilous, inflammatory material is prohibited and litetature placed on the Union bulletin board must not: a. Violate any laws or regulations b. Violate the security of the facility, company or the FAA Section 2. The Union is authorized to conduct Union business in the Employer's facilities where bargaining unit members are employed in non-work areas as determined by the Facility Manager. It is understood that the tower cab is a work area. Section 3. The Union may distribute materials to employees in the Employer's facilities in non-work areas during non-work times. If suitable space exists, the Union may place a file cabinet in an Employer's facility where bargaining unit members are employed. The location of the file cabinet will be by mutual agreement of the facility Union Representative and the Facility Manager. Section 4. The Union may place a Union reading binder in each facility in a non-work area where bargaining unit employees are employed to communicate with and inform the employees. The Employer shall not censor, restrict, alter, destroy or remove items from the Union reading binder. This binder is specifically limited to official Union business.

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