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o wages, hours and other terms of condition of employment
or in the negotiation of agreement or any question arising
thereunder, but such obligations do not compel either
party to agree to a proposal or require the making of
a concession.
DELEGATE DUKES: That goes directly to the heart
of my problem. Obviously around the National labor
Relations Act, there is a whole body of decisions and of course
the statute which places a number of rights and obligations
both on the employer and employee. Do I understand by this
amendment we would create in Maryland a body of law in
effect which incorporated all these various definitions
and so forth, including all the terms used in this particular
amendment?
DELEGATE BOTHE: No, Delegate Dukes. The question
of exactly whatwould occur if only, and without implementing
legislation, this provision were placed in the Declaration
of Rights is not an easy one to answer.
I have found one court case construing the roeanirg
fothis bare bones provision, a case coming out of
Missouri where, as I said previously, originally the