Ch. 98                               MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                   159

CHAPTER 98
(Senate Bill 657)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3 of Article 89 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Division of Labor and Industry," subtitle "Arbitration of
Labor Disputes," to substitute the name Mediation and Conciliation Service for
the Division of Mediation and Conciliation, to remove the maximum amount to
be appropriated for and expenditures by said Service, and to make certain
changes in the language therein for the purposes of clarity and conciseness.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 3 of Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Division of Labor and
Industry," subtitle "Arbitration of Labor Disputes," be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

3.

[Upon information furnished by an employer of labor, whether person, firm or
corporation, or by a committee of employees, or from any other reliable source,
that a controversy or dispute has risen between employer and employees, involving
employers with ten or more employees, which controversy may result in a strike or
lockout, the Commissioner or such person officially connected with his office may
be deputized in writing by the said Commissioner, shall at once visit the place of
controversy or dispute and seek to mediate between the parties if in his discretion
it is necessary so to do.] UPON INFORMATION FURNISHED BY AN
EMPLOYER WITH TEN OR MORE EMPLOYEES, OR BY ONE OR MORE
EMPLOYEES OF [[THE]] THE EMPLOYER, OR FROM ANY OTHER
RELIABLE SOURCE, THAT A DISPUTE HAS ARISEN BETWEEN THE
EMPLOYER AND ITS EMPLOYEES, WHICH MAY RESULT IN A
STRIKE OR LOCKOUT, THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS DESIGNEE MAY
INVESTIGATE THE DISPUTE AND SEEK TO MEDIATE IT. Every
organization representing employees for the purposes of collective bargaining shall
no later than January 10, 1970, and by January 10 of each year thereafter submit
to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry a complete report of all collective
bargaining agreements containing a termination date effective during that calendar
year. The report shall contain the name and address of the employer, the total
number of employees in the business establishment, the total number of employees
in the bargaining unit and the termination date of the existing collective bargaining
agreement. Every organization representing employees for the purpose of collective
bargaining shall further report to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry within
five days following designation as recognized or certified bargaining agent by the
National Labor Relations Board or by any other agency, public or private,
notification of such recognition or certification. The report to the Commissioner
shall contain the name and address of the employer, total number of employees in
the business establishment, total number of employees in the bargaining unit and,
if known, the date negotiations for establishment of a collective bargaining
agreement are to begin. Within the [Department] DIVISION of Labor and
Industry there shall be a [Division of Mediation and Conciliation] MEDIATION
AND CONCILIATION SERVICE which on behalf of the Commissioner shall
administer the provisions of this subtitle. [The appropriation for and expenditures
by this division shall not exceed $36,000 in any fiscal year.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.