§ 3-304. Lockouts  


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  •    (a) "Lockout" defined. -- In this section, "lockout" means action taken by an employer to:

       (1) interrupt or prevent the continuity of the employees' usual work for the purpose and with the intent of coercing the employees into relinquishing rights guaranteed by this title; or

       (2) bring economic pressure on employees for the purpose of securing the agreement of their exclusive representative to certain collective bargaining agreement terms.

    (b) Prohibition. -- The State is prohibited from engaging in any lockout.


HISTORY: 1999, ch. 298, § 2.