Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 15-109
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§15–109.
Official statutory text
(a) (1) The Baltimore Authority may recognize and engage in collective bargaining with the exclusive bargaining representatives of all appropriate employee bargaining units, including units consisting of:
(i) maintenance, housekeeping, and technical personnel;
(ii) administrative and clerical personnel; and
(iii) supervisory personnel.
(2) The power under paragraph (1) of this section includes the power of the Baltimore Authority to:
(i) deal with and, through an exclusive bargaining representative, address grievances and settle disputes;
(ii) meet and bargain in good faith with an exclusive bargaining representative about wages, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment to form a binding labor agreement; and
(iii) draft and execute labor agreements that last not more than 3 consecutive fiscal years.
(3) A bargaining unit under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not include:
(i) confidential employees;
(ii) contractual employees employed for less than 5 consecutive years;
(iii) probationary employees;
(iv) attorneys in the general counsel’s office;
(v) supervisors, as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 152(11); or
(vi) employees whose main responsibility is to manage or direct independently the assets and affairs of the Baltimore Authority.
(b) The Baltimore Authority may engage in binding third-party arbitration of:
(1) disputes over a term or condition of employment; and
(2) grievances that relate to the interpretation or application of a written collective bargaining agreement, employment regulation, or work rule.
(c) The Baltimore Authority may exercise any power that is necessary and appropriate to establish and implement a system of collective bargaining with its employees.
(i) maintenance, housekeeping, and technical personnel;
(ii) administrative and clerical personnel; and
(iii) supervisory personnel.
(2) The power under paragraph (1) of this section includes the power of the Baltimore Authority to:
(i) deal with and, through an exclusive bargaining representative, address grievances and settle disputes;
(ii) meet and bargain in good faith with an exclusive bargaining representative about wages, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment to form a binding labor agreement; and
(iii) draft and execute labor agreements that last not more than 3 consecutive fiscal years.
(3) A bargaining unit under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not include:
(i) confidential employees;
(ii) contractual employees employed for less than 5 consecutive years;
(iii) probationary employees;
(iv) attorneys in the general counsel’s office;
(v) supervisors, as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 152(11); or
(vi) employees whose main responsibility is to manage or direct independently the assets and affairs of the Baltimore Authority.
(b) The Baltimore Authority may engage in binding third-party arbitration of:
(1) disputes over a term or condition of employment; and
(2) grievances that relate to the interpretation or application of a written collective bargaining agreement, employment regulation, or work rule.
(c) The Baltimore Authority may exercise any power that is necessary and appropriate to establish and implement a system of collective bargaining with its employees.
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