Collective Bargaining - Local Government Employees and Public Employee Relations Act

Summary

The bill lets workers employed by counties and cities join unions and negotiate wages, hours and other job conditions. It applies Maryland’s public employee relations law to local governments, sets rules for bargaining units, impasse resolution and binding arbitration, and excludes certain managers and confidential staff. It also lets local governing bodies adopt their own labor ordinances and ask the state board to confirm they follow state law.

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