1. (a)

   1. (1) The Baltimore Authority may recognize and engage in collective bargaining with the exclusive bargaining representatives of all appropriate employee bargaining units, including units consisting of:

      1. (i) maintenance, housekeeping, and technical personnel;
      2. (ii) administrative and clerical personnel; and
      3. (iii) supervisory personnel.

   2. (2) The power under paragraph (1) of this section includes the power of the Baltimore Authority to:

      1. (i) deal with and, through an exclusive bargaining representative, address grievances and settle disputes;
      2. (ii) meet and bargain in good faith with an exclusive bargaining representative about wages, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment to form a binding labor agreement; and
      3. (iii) draft and execute labor agreements that last not more than 3 consecutive fiscal years.

   3. (3) A bargaining unit under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not include:

      1. (i) confidential employees;
      2. (ii) contractual employees employed for less than 5 consecutive years;
      3. (iii) probationary employees;
      4. (iv) attorneys in the general counsel's office;
      5. (v) supervisors, as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 152(11); or
      6. (vi) employees whose main responsibility is to manage or direct independently the assets and affairs of the Baltimore Authority.

2. (b) The Baltimore Authority may engage in binding third-party arbitration of:

   1. (1) disputes over a term or condition of employment; and
   2. (2) grievances that relate to the interpretation or application of a written collective bargaining agreement, employment regulation, or work rule.
3. (c) The Baltimore Authority may exercise any power that is necessary and appropriate to establish and implement a system of collective bargaining with its employees.

Added by Acts 2006, c. 63, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2006.