Section 3-304 - Lockouts.

§ 3-304. Lockouts.
 

(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. 
 

[1999, ch. 298, § 2.]