(a) The employer may not: (1) Interfere with, coerce, or restrain an employee in the exercise of any right given to the employee under this subtitle; (2) Interfere with or assist in the formation, administration, or existence of an employee organization; (3) Provide financial assistance or other support to an employee organization; (4) Encourage or discourage membership in an employee organization by discriminating against an employee through hiring, tenure, promotion, or other conditions of employment; (5) Discharge or discriminate against an employee because the employee has signed or filed an affidavit, a petition, or a complaint or has given any information or testimony in a proceeding held under this subtitle; (6) Refuse to bargain in good faith with an employee organization that is certified as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit over a subject of bargaining; or (7) Refuse to participate in good faith in the mediation, fact–finding, or grievance procedure under this subtitle. (b) An employee organization or its agent may not: (1) Interfere with, restrain, or coerce an employee in the exercise by the employee of any right given to the employee under this der this subtitle. (b) An employee organization or its agent may not: (1) Interfere with, restrain, or coerce an employee in the exercise by the employee of any right given to the employee under this subtitle; (2) Cause or attempt to cause the employer to discriminate against an employee in the exercise by the employee of any right given under this subtitle; (3) Coerce, discipline, fine, or attempt to coerce a member of the employee organization as punishment or reprisal; (4) Coerce, discipline, fine, or attempt to coerce a member of the employee organization for the purpose of impeding the member’s work performance; (5) Refuse to negotiate in good faith with the employer as required by this subtitle; or (6) Fail or refuse to cooperate in impasse procedures under § 23–608 of this subtitle or decisions that result from those procedures.
Maryland Legal Code