Section 15-109 - Employee relations(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.