Labor seeks way back to table

Labor leaders Tuesday asked for a court order requiring Baltimore County administrators to return to the bargaining table and resolve disputes over proposed cuts to employees? retirement and pension plans.

Union leaders representing about 93 nurses and 1,700 general employees ? including correctional officers, public works employees and clerical assistants ? have reached an impasse with county administrators, who imposed a Thursday deadline on contract negotiations. They asked Circuit Court Judge Lawrence Daniels to allow “fact finding” or nonbinding arbitration, which county officials have refused on grounds that they need time to prepare a budget by mid-April.