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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="16-317" title_number="16" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “strike” means the action of an employee, in concert with others, to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>refuse to report to work;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>stop or slow down work; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>abstain wholly or partly from the full, faithful, and proper performance of duties when the object is to induce, influence, or coerce a change in the terms, conditions, rights, or privileges of employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A Montgomery Commission employee, a group of Montgomery Commission employees, or an employee organization may not engage in, induce, initiate, or ratify a strike by Montgomery Commission employees.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a strike occurs, on request of the Montgomery Commission, a court of competent jurisdiction may enjoin the strike.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An employee may not receive compensation from the Montgomery Commission while the employee is engaged in a strike.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an employee engages in, induces, initiates, or ratifies a strike, the Montgomery Commission may take appropriate disciplinary action against the employee, including suspension or discharge.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The labor relations administrator shall hold a hearing on the disciplinary action at which the Montgomery Commission, the employee, and any interested employee organization may present evidence and argument.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the labor relations administrator finds after a hearing that an employee organization certified as an exclusive representative assisted, authorized, or initiated a strike involving the refusal of Montgomery Commission employees to report for work, the labor relations administrator shall revoke the certification of the employee organization.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An employee organization decertified under paragraph (1) of this paragraph may not be recertified for 2 years after the end of the strike.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the labor relations administrator finds after a hearing that an employee organization certified as an exclusive representative assisted, authorized, or initiated any other kind of strike, the labor relations administrator may revoke the certification of the employee organization for up to 1 year from the end of the strike.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
