STATE HIGHER EDUCATION LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

[photo, 45 Calvert St., Annapolis, Maryland] Erica Lell Snipes, Executive Director

45 Calvert St., Room 102, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-7291
e-mail: erica.snipes@maryland.gov
web: http://laborboards.maryland.gov/higher-education-board/

45 Calvert St., Annapolis, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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Organizational Structure

Origin & Functions

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

STATE HIGHER EDUCATION LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Appointed by Governor to 6-year terms:
Harriet Ellen Cooperman, Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor), 2022
Benfred B. Alston, Esq., 2015; Karl K. Pence, 2017; Milton Lawler, Ph.D., 2022; Erin J. Roth, 2023.

In July 2001, the State Higher Education Labor Relations Board was established as an independent agency (Chapter 341, Acts of 2001).

The Board administered and enforced provisions of law concerned with collective bargaining for employees of State institutions of higher education. The work of the Board related to the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and Baltimore City Community College.

In response to complaints of unfair labor practices and lockouts, the Board was authorized to investigate and take appropriate action. The Board also could establish procedures for, supervise the conduct of, and resolve disputes about elections for exclusive respresentatives (Code State Personnel and Pensions Article, sec. 3-2A-05).

Initially housed at 45 Calvert Street, Annapolis, the Board moved to to 839 Bestgate Road in Annapolis in September 2002. Later, from November 2011 to November 2013, the Board was based at the George M. Taylor District Court/Multi-Service Center at 7500 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie. In November 2013, the Board moved back to its original 45 Calvert Street address in Annapolis.

Appointed by the Governor to six-year terms, the Board had five members. The Governor also named the Chair (Code State Personnel and Pensions Article, secs. 3-2A-01 through 3-2A-09).

Since 2006, the Board's Executive Director had been appointed jointly by the State Higher Education Labor Relations Board, and the State Labor Relations Board.

The Board was abolished July 1, 2023, and replaced by the Public Employees Relation Board (Chapter 114, Acts of 2023).

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