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27.4 No Review Board and no arbitrator shall entertain, or hear, any dispute unless such dispute involves a position in the unit represented by the Union and unless such dispute falls within the definition of a grievance as set forth in Subsection 27.1. 27.5 Proposals to add to or change this Memorandum of Understanding or written agreements or addenda supplementary hereto, shall not be arbitrable and no proposal to modify, amend or terminate this Memorandum of Understanding, nor any matter or subject arising out of or in connection with such proposal, may be referred to arbitration under this Section. Neither any Review Board nor any arbitrator shall have the power to amend or modify this Memorandum of Understanding or written agreement or addenda supplementary hereto or to establish any new terms or conditions of employment. 27.6 If the designated Assistant City Manager in pursuance of the procedures outlined in subsection 27.2(3) above, resolves any grievance which involves suspension or discharge, the designated Assistant City Manager may agree to payment for lost time or to reinstatement with or without payment for lost time. 27.7 All complaints involving or concerning the payment of compensation shall be initially filed in writing with the designated Assistant City Manager. Only complaints which allege that employees are not being compensated in accordance with the provision of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be considered as grievances. No adjustment shall be retroactive for more than thirty(30) working days from the date upon which the complaint was filed. Any other matters of compensation are to be resolved in the meeting and conferring process and if not detailed in the Memorandum of Understanding which results from such meeting and conferring process shall be deemed withdrawn until the meeting and conferring process is next opened for such discussion. 27.8 No changes in this Memorandum of Understanding or interpretations thereof (except interpretations resulting from arbitration proceedings hereunder), will be recognized unless agreed to by the City Manager and the Union. 27.9 The Union, its members, and representatives, agree that it and they will not engage in, authorize, sanction, or support any strike against the City of Pleasanton. The Union, its members, and representatives, further agree that it and they will not engage in, authorize, sanction, or support any strike, slowdown, stoppage of work, curtailment of production, concerted refusal of overtime work, refusal to operate designated equipment(provided such equipment is safe and sound) to perform customary duties. Further neither the Union nor any representative thereof shall engage in any job action for the purpose of effecting changes in the directives or decisions of management of the City, nor to effect a change of personnel or operations of management or of employees not covered by the Memorandum of Understanding. The City agrees that there shall be no lock-out of employees. -38 -