Sec.7-471-9. Information in petition filed by employee or labor organization

(a) A petition , when filed by an employee, or a group of employees or any employee organization acting on their behalf, shall contain the information required by the form supplied by the board, including the following:

(1) The name and address of the petitioner, and, if it is an employee organization, the length of time it has been in existence;

(2) the name of the municipal employer;

(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 any other individuals or 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) an allegation that a substantial number of employees, as defined in section 7-471-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(A) Wish to be represented for collective bargaining by an employee organization as exclusive representative, or

(B) assert that the employee organization which has been certified or is currently being recognized as the bargaining representative is no longer the representative of a majority of employees in the unit;

(5) an allegation that a question or controversy exists concerning representation;

(6) 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; and

(7) a certification signed and attested 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.

(b) If a petition has been filed with the board in compliance with subsections (1) through (7), inclusive, of this section, any other employee organization may file with the board a petition which states that ten percent (10%) or more of the employees have expressed in writing the desire to have the intervenor as exclusive representative and such petition for intervention shall be filed within fifteen (15) days of the initial petition and shall otherwise conform to the requirements specified in this section.

(c) If the petition is for clarification or modification of an existing bargaining unit filed by an employee organization, the petition shall also include, in addition to the foregoing, a statement that the petitioner wishes to clarify or modify an existing unit or positions therein, and a description of the desired changes to an existing bargaining unit.

(Effective October 5, 1993; Amended October 11, 2013)