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3206 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 704
Section 201 through 214 to be under the new subtitle
"Collective Bargaining and Interest Arbitration for
Fire Fighters and Emergency Rescue Employees"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1979 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Charter of Baltimore City, 1964 Revision
Article II - General Powers
Section (55)
(1981 Replacement Volume, as amended)
Preamble
WHEREAS, The public policy of this State is to encourage
voluntary collective bargaining between private employers and
their employees over the terms and conditions of employment; and
WHEREAS, Certain county governments of this State recognize
The Baltimore City government recognizes collective bargaining as
a desirable method of setting the terms and conditions of
employment for county city employees; and
WHEREAS, Collective bargaining is most desirable when all
parties concerned act in good faith; and
WHEREAS, In public employment, strikes, work stoppages, and
similar disruptions of the bargaining process may be harmful both
to the parties involved and to the general public; and
WHEREAS, Particularly with fire and emergency rescue
services, work stoppages may affect the general public; and
WHEREAS, In order to avoid work stoppages due to labor
disputes between public employers and fire fighters and emergency
rescue employees, the citizens of certain counties in this State
have chosen binding arbitration as a method of resolving impasses
in collective bargaining; new, therefore;
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND INTEREST ARBITRATION FOR
FIRE FIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY RESCUE EMPLOYEES
201.
(A) IT IS THE POLICY OF THIS STATE TO AUTHORIZE BINDING
INTEREST ARBITRATION AND TO REGULATE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
PROCESS IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE WHERE
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