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Election Agreement
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Agreement entered into by the agency and the union(s) competing for exclusive recognition dealing with campaign procedures, election observers, date and hours of election, challenge ballot procedures, mail balloting (if used), position on the ballot, payroll period for voter eligibility, and the like. Such an agreement is subject to approval by the appropriate FLRA Regional Director. See 5 CFR 2421.20.
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Election Bar
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One-year period after FLRA has conducted a secret-ballot election for a unit of employees, where the election did not lead to the certification of a union as exclusive representative. During this one-year period FLRA will not consider any representation petitions for that unit or any subdivisions thereof. § 7111(b) and 5 CFR 2422.12(a). See certification bar and contract bar.
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Objections To Election
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Charges filed with FLRA contesting election results because of alleged irregularities in the conduct of a representational election. If the objections are sustained, FLRA could set aside the election results and order that the election be rerun.
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Representation Election
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Secret-ballot election to determine whether the employees in an appropriate unit shall have a union as their exclusive representative. § 7111(a).
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Unit Determination Election
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When several petitioners seek to represent different parts of an employer and the proposed units overlap, and when FLRA finds that more than one of the proposed units are appropriate, it lets the employees vote for units as well as unions. See, e.g., 5 FLRA No. 20. (Keep in mind that the statute does not require that the proposed unit be the "most" appropriate unit, but only that the unit be "an" appropriate unit.)