Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 6 - Howard County Library System -- Collective Bargaining
Section 23-612 - Prohibited Acts

(a)    The employer may not:
        (1)    Interfere with, coerce, or restrain an employee in the exercise of any right given to the employee under this subtitle;
        (2)    Interfere with or assist in the formation, administration, or existence of an employee organization;
        (3)    Provide financial assistance or other support to an employee organization;
        (4)    Encourage or discourage membership in an employee organization by discriminating against an employee through hiring, tenure, promotion, or other conditions of employment;
        (5)    Discharge or discriminate against an employee because the employee has signed or filed an affidavit, a petition, or a complaint or has given any information or testimony in a proceeding held under this subtitle;
        (6)    Refuse to bargain in good faith with an employee organization that is certified as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit over a subject of bargaining; or
        (7)    Refuse to participate in good faith in the mediation, fact–finding, or grievance procedure under this subtitle.
    (b)    An employee organization or its agent may not:
        (1)    Interfere with, restrain, or coerce an employee in the exercise by the employee of any right given to the employee under this subtitle;
        (2)    Cause or attempt to cause the employer to discriminate against an employee in the exercise by the employee of any right given under this subtitle;
        (3)    Coerce, discipline, fine, or attempt to coerce a member of the employee organization as punishment or reprisal;
        (4)    Coerce, discipline, fine, or attempt to coerce a member of the employee organization for the purpose of impeding the member’s work performance;
        (5)    Refuse to negotiate in good faith with the employer as required by this subtitle; or
        (6)    Fail or refuse to cooperate in impasse procedures under § 23–608 of this subtitle or decisions that result from those procedures.