Montgomery County Education Ass'n v. Board of Education

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

Maryland Code (1978, 1985 Repl.Vol.), § 6-408(b)(l) of Education Article, empowers a public school employer and its employees’ designated representatives to “meet and negotiate” a collective bargaining agreement relating to “salaries, wages, hours, and other working conditions.” Section 6-408(a)(2) of the Education Article permits the parties to “provide for binding arbitration of grievances arising under the [collective bargaining] agreement that the parties have agreed to be subject to arbitration.” This case requires us to decide whether the employees’ designated…