SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 721 (SEIU) - PART-TIME (2013-2015)

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Understanding then having been in effect less than three (3) years, whichever occurs later. A Decertification Petition may be filed by employees or their representative, or an employee organization, and shall contain the following information and documentation declared by the duly authorized signatory under penalty of perjury to be true, correct and complete: The name, address and telephone number of the petitioner and a designated representative authorized to receive notices of requests for further information. The name of the established appropriate unit and of the incumbent Recognized Employee Organization sought to be decertified as the representative of that unit. An allegation that the incumbent Recognized Employee Organization no longer represents a majority of the employees in the appropriate unit, and any other relevant and material facts relating thereto. Proof of employee support that a majority of the employees hi the established appropriate unit no longer desires to be represented by the incumbent Recognized Employee Organization. Such proof shall be submitted for confirmation to the Employee Relations Officer or to a mutually agreed upon disinterested third party. The Employee Relations Officer can only accept those petitions which 1) request decertification of the current formally recognized employee organization and 2) do not request to carve out another unit from the already established appropriate unit. An employee organization may file a Petition under this Section in the form of a Recognition Petition that conforms to the requirements of Section 6 of this Resolution in satisfaction of the Decertification Petition requirements hereunder. The Employee Relations Officer shall initially determine whether the Decertification Petition or Recognition Petition, if any, have been filed in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Resolution. If his determination is in the negative, he shall offer to consult thereof with the representative(s) of such petitioning employees or employee organization, and if such determination thereafter remains unchanged, shall return such Petition(s) to the employees or employee organization with a statement of the reasons therefore in writing. The petitioning employees or employee organization may appeal such determination in accordance with Section 13 of this Resolution. If the determination of the Employee Relations Officer is in the affirmative, or if his negative determination is reversed on appeal, he shall give written notice of such Decertification of Recognition Petition to the incumbent Recognized Employee Organization and to unit employees. The Employee Relations Officer shall thereupon arrange for a secret ballot election to be held on or about fifteen (15) days after such notice to determine the wishes of unit employees as to the question of decertification, and if an accompanying Recognition Petition was duly filed, and, in the event decertification of the incumbent Recognized Employee Organization is voted, the question of representation. Such election shall be conducted in conformance with Section 9 of this Resolution. The cost of any election proceeding under the provisions of this Section shall be borne entirely by the employee organization(s) challenging the incumbent recognized employee organization. An employee organization which displaces another employee organization as a formally recognized employee organization following an election conducted pursuant to this Section shall assume any existing Memorandum of Understanding then in effect as a condition of recognition and said Memorandum of Understanding shall remain in full force and effect for the balance of the term thereof. Section 11: Policy and Standards for Determination of Appro ro iate Units The basic policy objectives in determining the appropriateness of units shall be the effect of a proposed unit on 1) the efficient operations of the City and its compatibility with the primary responsibility of the City and its employees to effectively and economically serve the public and 2) providing employees with effective representation based on recognized community of interest considerations. These policy objectives require that the appropriate unit shall be 62