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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 924

FOR the purpose of adding a new paragraph to Article II
of the Charter of Baltimore City to grant the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore City the power to
adopt an ordinance permitting municipal employees to
organize and bargain collectively through
representatives of their own choosing; authorizing
provisions in the ordinance dealing with the
establishment of bargaining units, selection of a
representative, rights of the employer, the
employee, and the employee organization, the
negotiation procedure, the resolution of negotiation
impasse, the payment of a service fee, the right to
checkoff of dues and service fees, designation of
unfair labor practices, remedies, grievance and
arbitration procedures, and the limitation of right
to strike; providing that the existing Municipal
Employee Relations Ordinance shall remain in force
until amended by ordinance; and generally relating
to municipal employee relations.

BY adding to

The Charter of Baltimore City
Article II (51)
(1964 Revision, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, Thar new Paragraph (51) to be under the new
subtitle "Municipal Employee Relations" be and it is
hereby added to Article II of the Charter of Baltimore
City, (1964 Revision, as amended) to read as follows:

Article II

(51) MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

TO PROVIDE BY ORDINANCE AN ORDERLY PROCEDURE FOR
PARTICIPATION BY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE FORMULATION OF LABOR RELATIONS AND
PERSONNEL POLICIES, RECOGNIZING THE RIGHT OF EMPLOYEES TO
ORGANIZE AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY THROUGH REPRESENTATIVES
OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING AND GENERALLY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE TO PROVIDE FOR (1) THE
MANNER OF ESTABLISHING UNITS APPROPRIATE FOR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AND OF DESIGNATING OR SELECTING EXCLUSIVE
BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVES; (2) THE RIGHTS OF THE
EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEES AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION
DESIGNATED AS THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE IN AN
APPROPRIATE UNIT; (3) THE PROCEDURE FOR THE NEGOTIATION
OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE MANNER FOR
RESOLUTION OF A NEGOTIATION IMPASSE; (4) THE PAYMENT OF A
SERVICE FEE, AS A CONDITION OF CONTINUING EMPLOYMENT, FOR
ADMINISTRATION OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND
THE RIGHT OF THE EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CHECKOFF
OF DUES OR SERVICE FEES; (5) THE DESIGNATION OF UNFAIR