* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmembers Young, Middleton
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Municipal Labor Relations Law - Unrepresented Employees
FOR the purpose of requesting the Labor Commissioner to explain the process and rationale for excluding certain personnel from representation under the Municipal Labor Relations Law.
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As stated in the Municipal Labor Relations Law (City Code Article 12): "[U]nresolved disputes involving employees in the municipal service are injurious to the public, the municipality, and municipal employees. Therefore, adequate means should be provided for preventing controversies between the municipality and its employees and for resolving them when they occur".
The paramount interest of the public and the nature of governmental processes make it incumbent upon the City to insure the fair and considerate treatment of City employees, to eliminate employment inequities, and to provide effective means of resolving questions and controversies with respect to terms and conditions of employment.
To that end, thousands of City employees are represented by one or another certified employee organization in accordance with the Municipal Labor Relations Law. These certified employee organizations have long served the public interest by insuring fair and considerate treatment of City employees.
Nonetheless, hundreds, if not thousands, of employees remain unrepresented and, indeed, have been classified as ineligible for representation by a certified employee organization under the Municipal Labor Relations Law.
It is in the best interests of the City to ascertain which positions have been so excluded, the nature and extent of the duties of those positions, and the authority and rationale, if any, for their exclusion.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Labor Commissioner appear before the Council and explain:
(1) precisely which positions are unrepresented;
(2) why and by what authority these positions have been excluded from representation; and
(3) for positions excluded under Article 12, ยง 1-1(d)(2)(v) {"employees occupying positions which involve a relation of personal confidence between the one appointing and the one appointed"}:
(a) the nature and scope of the requisite "relation of personal confidence", as the Labor Commissioner understands and applies that phrase; and
(b) for each excluded position, who is the "appointing" authority.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Mayor, the Labor Commissioner, the Director of Human Relations, and all employee organizations currently certified under the City's Municipal Labor Relations Law.
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