# Housing and Community Development (GHS)

## Title 16. Montgomery County

### Subtitle 3. Collective Bargaining

#### Section 16-315

(a) An employee organization may not:

  (1) interfere with, restrain, or coerce any employee in the employee's exercise of a right under this subtitle;

  (2) cause or attempt to cause the Montgomery Commission to discriminate against an employee in the employee's exercise of a right under this subtitle;

  (3) coerce, discipline, fine, or attempt to coerce a member of an employee organization as punishment or reprisal;

  (4) coerce, discipline, fine, or attempt to coerce a member of an employee organization to impede the member's work performance;

  (5) refuse to negotiate in good faith with the Montgomery Commission as required by this subtitle; or

  (6) fail or refuse to cooperate in impasse procedures and impasse decisions as required by this subtitle.

(b) An individual may file an unfair labor charge against an employee organization for a violation of subsection (a)(3) or (4) of this section only if the individual is a Montgomery Commission employee to whom this subtitle applies.

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Md. Code Ann., Hous. & Cmty. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)