34-11-01. Recommendations of mediation board - Effect - Good faith and cooperation required

34-11-01. Recommendations of mediation board - Effect - Good faith and cooperation required. No provisions of this chapter may be construed to mean that the state or any subordinate jurisdiction thereof or any board, commission, or department within such public jurisdiction is compelled to accept the recommendations of a mediation board as binding nor is any group of employees affiliated with a union or otherwise compelled to abide by the recommendations of such mediation board; provided, however, that both parties to any dispute or grievance in the public employee field covered by this chapter are required to proceed in good faith according to the terms hereof to create a mediation board and to cooperate fully with such board in attending hearings and supplying data concerning all matters in dispute, to answer questions and in all other particulars to respond in good faith and to cooperate fully with such board in its attempt to settle the matter in dispute. Nor may anything in this chapter be construed to affect, limit, or impair the right of any public employee to express that individual's views, to make complaint or give testimony concerning any grievance pertaining to public employment or to the betterment of that individual's working conditions. Nor may the provisions herein be construed to authorize any public employer covered by this chapter to attempt to or deter any public employee working subject to the public employer's jurisdiction from affiliating with any union, association, or other group of public employees nor may a public employer refuse to consider grievances concerning employment problems with the representatives duly chosen by such union, association, or affiliation of public employees.