# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 4. Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes

### Subtitle 3. Injunctions

#### Section 4-313

(a) A court may not grant injunctive relief in a labor dispute:

  (1) if the plaintiff has failed to comply with each obligation imposed by law that is involved in the labor dispute; or

  (2) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the plaintiff has failed to make every reasonable effort to settle the labor dispute:

    (i) by negotiation; or

    (ii) with the help of available dispute resolution mechanisms, governmental mediation, or voluntary arbitration.

(b) If irreparable injury is threatened, a court may grant injunctive relief before another tribunal acts to settle the labor dispute.

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