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No Enlargement of Employment Rights

11.02 - Participation in the Plan is strictly a voluntary undertaking on the part of the Employers and shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between any Employer and its Employees or to be consideration for, or an inducement to, the employment of any Employee. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to give any Employee the right to be retained in the service of the Employer or to interfere with the right of claim to a retirement pension except upon reaching such Employee's Retirement Date, and no Employee shall be entitled to any right or claim to any benefit except to the extent such right is specifically fixed under the terms hereof and there are funds available in the Trust Fund.