(a) (1) The Housing Authority of Baltimore City may recognize and engage in
collective bargaining with the exclusive bargaining representatives of
its employee bargaining units, including:
(i) Maintenance, housekeeping, and technical;
(ii) Administrative and clerical;
(iii) Supervisory; and
(iv) Any other appropriate units.
(2) A bargaining unit identified in paragraph (1) of this subsection may
not include:
(i) Confidential employees;
(ii) Contractual employees employed for less than five consecutive years;
(iii) Probationary employees;
(iv) Attorneys in the general counsel's office;
(v) Supervisors, as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 152(11); or
(vi) Employees whose predominant responsibility is to manage or direct
independently the assets and affairs of the Housing Authority of
Baltimore City.
(b) The authority of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City under
subsection (a) of this section shall include the power to:
(1) Deal with and through an exclusive bargaining representative to address
grievances and settle disputes;
(2) Meet and bargain in good faith with an exclusive bargaining
representative regarding wages, hours, working conditions, and other
terms and conditions of employment for the purpose of forming a binding
labor agreement; and
(3) Draft and execute labor agreements that have a duration of not more
than 3 consecutive fiscal years.
(c) The Housing Authority of Baltimore City may engage in binding
third-party arbitration of:
(1) Disputes over a term or condition of employment; and
(2) Grievances that relate to the interpretation or application of a
written collective bargaining agreement, employment regulation, or work
rule.
(d) The Housing Authority of Baltimore City may exercise any power that is
necessary and appropriate to establish and implement a system of
collective bargaining with its employees.
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