Sec. 33-71. County responsibilities.

   It shall be the responsibility of the county not to:

   (a)   Interfere with, restrain, or coerce an employee in the exercise of the rights assured by this article;

   (b)   Encourage or discourage membership in an employee organization by discrimination in regard to hiring, tenure, promotion, or other conditions of employment;

   (c)   Sponsor, control, or otherwise assist the employee organization; except that the county may furnish customary and routine services and facilities when consistent with the best interest of the county, its employees, and the organization, and when the services and facilities are furnished, if requested, on an impartial basis to organizations having equivalent status;

   (d)   Refuse to accord appropriate recognition to the employee organization qualified for such recognition; or

   (e)   Refuse to consult, confer, or meet with an employee organization certified under this article. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.)

   Note-Formerly, § 33-72.