Politics & Government
Montgomery County Police Get Bargaining Question on 2012 Ballot
The referendum will ask voters whether to restore effects bargaining to the police union.
Voters will decide bargaining rights for Montgomery County Police, political blog Maryland Juice reported.
The police union collected 34,828 signatures to put recently passed legislation to a referendum. The group needed signatures from five percent of the county's population, or 30,234 residents, the Gazette reported.
MCP wants to regain their right to negotiate over staffing and equipment. The referendum will ask if voters want to "restore effects bargaining, which gives the union the right to negotiate over management decisions unrelated to salary, benefits and working conditions," according to the Gazette.
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