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    Labor Management Relations Glossary

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    Amendment of Certification Petition

    That portion of FLRA's multipurpose petition not involving a question concerning representation that may be filed at any time in which the petitioner asks FLRA to amend the certification or recognition to, e.g., reflect changes in the names of the employer or the union. See 5 CFR 2422.1(b). See 54 FLRA No. 40 regarding the conditions under which FLRA will amend a certification to reflect a change of union affiliation.

    Certification

    FLRA's determination of the results of an election or the status of a union as the exclusive representative (external link)of all the employees in an appropriate unit.

    Certification Bar

    One-year period after a union is certified as the exclusive representative for a unit during which petitions by rival unions or employees seeking to replace or remove the incumbent union will be considered untimely § 7111(f)(4) and 5 CFR 2422.12(b). The bar is designed to give the certified union an opportunity to negotiate a substantive agreement, after which the contract can become a bar, except during the contract's 105-60 day open period, to a representation petition. Also see contract bar and election bar.

    Decertification

    FLRA's withdrawal of a union's exclusive recognition because the union no longer qualifies for such recognition, usually because it has lost a representational election. However, in 7 FLRA No. 10, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) was decertified because it engaged in a strike.

    Decertification Petition

    A petition filed by employees in an existing unit (or an individual acting on their behalf) asking that an election be held to give unit employees an opportunity to end the incumbent union's exclusive recognition. 5 CFR 2422.1(a)(2).Such a petition must be accompanied by a 30% showing of interest and be timely filed (i.e., not barred by election, certification or contract bars).

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