Sec.5-273-10. Notification of an interested organization

(a) Notification pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 5-275 may be filed by an employee organization and may be in the form of a petition and shall be signed and sworn to by any person authorized to administer an oath and the original and four (4) copies thereof shall be filed with the board. The petition shall include a certification also signed and sworn to before any person authorized to administer an oath, stating that a copy of the petition has been served upon the employer and any union claiming to represent the employees by registered or certified mail or in person. If an employer files a petition it shall be served on all unions claiming to represent the employees. Notification forms will be supplied by the board on request. A notification shall contain the information required by the form supplied by the board, including the following:

(1) the name and address of the interested organization and the length of time it has been in existence;

(2) the name of the employer or any subdivision thereof, as defined in section 5-270;

(3) the types, classifications or groups of employees in the bargaining unit or units claimed to be appropriate, the number of employees therein, the names and addresses of other employee organizations who claim to be the representatives of any of the employees in the claimed bargaining unit or units and a brief description of any contract covering any employees in such unit or units;

(4) a request that the board certify the name or names of the representatives who have been designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in the unit or units appropriate for such purposes.

(b) A notification will be considered timely if it is filed between August 1 and August 31 inclusive of the year prior to the expiration of the collective bargaining contract covering the employees who are the subject of the petition. The board may consider petitions filed at other times if compelling reasons are shown for deviation from the above rule.

(Effective September 22, 1981; Amended October 11, 2013)