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additional material, that in the event a state or
private employ r is confronted with competing demands from
varying organizatins, for collective bargaining and
organization, that the subject would be within reasonable
construction of the courts if it could not be resolved
privately and I cannot picture any court saying that an
employer must bargain with every faction of employees in
his place. I think what happened in the teacher's strike
in Baltimore would be the proper procedure and that is that
the employer arranged to have an election in which the
choice of the majority of the teachers was made and then
proceeded to bargain with that segment.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pascal?
DELEGATE PASCAL: Delegate Bothe, on your
point regarding the collective bargaining, is it my
understanding that a portion of the employees could bargain
with the employer if they did not represent the majority?
is that correct?
DELEGATE BOTHE: They can today, under federal
law, except that the obligation of the employer to deal
with them is limited in the case where they do not represent