Question A: Executive Branch - Merit System - Binding Arbitration
What does this measure do?
Supports: Labor Rights
Lets all county worker unions use a neutral person whose decision settles pay and work disputes, while keeping strike bans. Taxpayers may pay more for negotiations and worker pay, with possible cuts to other services.
Proposed by: Anne Arundel County Council (Resolution 30-25; Pickard, Hummer, Rodvien and Smith)
County lawmakers proposed letting every county worker union use a neutral person to settle labor disputes.
Source: aacounty.org
A YES vote means
All represented county worker groups may use a neutral person whose labor decision the county must follow. County laws must ban strikes and work stoppages.
A NO vote means
Only uniformed firefighters and police, sheriff and detention officers keep this way to settle labor disputes. Other county worker groups remain outside it.
Sources: aacounty.org · elections.maryland.gov · codelibrary.amlegal.com
Source: elections.maryland.gov