(a) (1) The Baltimore Authority may recognize and engage in collective bargaining with the exclusive bargaining representatives of all appropriate employee bargaining units, including units consisting of: (i) maintenance, housekeeping, and technical personnel; (ii) administrative and clerical personnel; and (iii) supervisory personnel. (2) The power under paragraph (1) of this section includes the power of the Baltimore Authority to: (i) deal with and, through an exclusive bargaining representative, address grievances and settle disputes; (ii) meet and bargain in good faith with an exclusive bargaining representative about wages, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment to form a binding labor agreement; and (iii) draft and execute labor agreements that last not more than 3 consecutive fiscal years. (3) A bargaining unit under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not include: (i) confidential employees; (ii) contractual employees employed for less than 5 consecutive years; (iii) probationary employees; (iv) attorneys in the general counsel's office; (v) supervisors, as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 152(11); or (vi) employees whose main responsibility is to manage or direct independently the assets and affairs of the Baltimore Authority. (b) The Baltimore Authority may engage in binding third-party arbitration of: (1) disputes over a term or condition of employment; and (2) grievances that relate to the interpretation or application of a written collective bargaining agreement, employment regulation, or work rule. (c) The Baltimore Authority may exercise any power that is necessary and appropriate to establish and implement a system of collective bargaining with its employees.
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