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560 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 13
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AND REMEDIES OF URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT.
THE RIGHTS, BENEFITS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEE PROTECTIVE
CONDITIONS AND REMEDIES OF §13(C) OF THE URBAN MASS
TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED (49 U.S.C.
1609(C)), AS DETERMINED BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR, SHALL
APPLY TO THE OPERATION BY THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN
AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF ANY MASS TRANSIT FACILITIES
OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY IT AND TO ANY CONTRACT OR OTHER
ARRANGEMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF TRANSIT FACILITIES.
WHENEVER THE AUTHORITY SHALL OPERATE ANY TRANSIT FACILITY
OR ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACTUAL OR OTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE OPERATION OF SUCH TRANSIT FACILITY THE AUTHORITY
SHALL EXTEND TO EMPLOYEES OF AFFECTED MASS TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR TRANSFER AND APPOINTMENT AS
EMPLOYEES OF THE AUTHORITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SENIORITY,
IN ANY NON SUPERVISORY JOB IN RESPECT TO SUCH OPERATIONS
FOR WHICH THEY CAN QUALIFY AFTER A REASONABLE TRAINING
PERIOD. SUCH EMPLOYMENT SHALL NOT RESULT IN ANY
WORSENING OF THE EMPLOYEE'S POSITION IN HIS FORMER
EMPLOYMENT NOR ANY LOSS OF WAGES, HOURS, WORKING
CONDITIONS, SENIORITY, FRINGE BENEFITS AND RIGHTS AND
PRIVILEGES PERTAINING THERETO.
(B) DEALING WITH EMPLOYEES THROUGH ACCREDITED
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE AUTHORITY SHALL DEAL WITH AND ENTER INTO WRITTEN
CONTRACTS WITH EMPLOYEES AS DEFINED IN § 152 OF TITLE 29,
UNITED STATES CODE, THROUGH ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVES OF
SUCH EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY LABOR
ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED TO ACT FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES
CONCERNING WAGES, SALARIES, HOURS, WORKING CONDITIONS,
AND PENSION OR RETIREMENT PROVISIONS.
(C) ARBITRATION OF LABOR DISPUTES.
IN CASE OF ANY LABOR DISPUTE INVOLVING THE AUTHORITY
AND SUCH EMPLOYEES WHERE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DOES NOT
RESULT IN AGREEMENT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL SUBMIT SUCH
DISPUTE TO ARBITRATION BY A BOARD COMPOSED OF THREE
PERSONS, ONE APPOINTED BY THE AUTHORITY, ONE APPOINTED BY
THE LABOR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING THE EMPLOYEES, AND A
THIRD MEMBER TO BE AGREED UPON BY THE LABOR ORGANIZATION
AND THE AUTHORITY. THE MEMBER AGREED UPON BY THE LABOR
ORGANIZATION AND THE AUTHORITY SHALL ACT AS CHAIRMAN OF
THE BOARD. THE DETERMINATION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE
BOARD OF ARBITRATION, THUS ESTABLISHED SHALL BE FINAL AND
BINDING ON ALL MATTERS IN DISPUTE. IF AFTER A PERIOD OF
TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWO
ARBITRATORS REPRESENTING THE AUTHORITY AND THE LABOR
ORGANIZATION, THE THIRD ARBITRATOR HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED,
THEN EITHER ARBITRATOR MAY REQUEST THE FEDERAL MEDIATION
AND CONCILIATION SERVICE TO FURNISH A LIST OF FIVE
PERSONS FROM WHICH THE THIRD ARBITRATOR SHALL BE
SELECTED. THE ARBITRATORS APPOINTED BY THE AUTHORITY
AND THE LABOR ORGANIZATION, PROMPTLY AFTER THE RECEIPT OF
SUCH LIST SHALL DETERMINE BY LOT THE ORDER OF
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