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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 5912561" data-attributes="member: 14176">Contracts are negotiated between both parties (two) and captured in words that are mutually agreed upon (by both) to convey the "intent of the language".You can read it and believe that it is "plain" and "crystal clear", but quite frankly, I doubt you have the frame of reference to make that distinction, ....unless you were there....were you?If one of these grievances is deadlocked through the panel system and is ultimately in the hands of an arbitrator, that's what he/she will be looking for, proof of the "intent of the language", not what Merriam-Webster has to offer.Whether you like it or not, nothing is "crystal clear" yet....nothing.</blockquote>