# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 4. Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes

### Subtitle 3. Injunctions

#### Section 4-301

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Injunctive relief" means:

  (1) a permanent injunction;

  (2) a temporary injunction; or

  (3) a temporary restraining order.

(c) "Labor dispute" includes any controversy, regardless of whether the disputants stand in the proximate relation of employee or employer, concerning:

  (1) terms or conditions of employment;

  (2) employment relations;

  (3) the association or representation of persons in negotiating, setting, maintaining, or changing terms or conditions of employment; or

  (4) any other controversy arising out of the respective interests of employee or employer.

(d) "Person participating or interested in a labor dispute" means a person against whom relief is sought if the person:

  (1) is engaged in the industry, craft, trade, or occupation in which the dispute occurs; or

  (2) is an agent, member, or officer of an association of employees or employers engaged in the industry, craft, trade, or occupation in which the dispute occurs.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)