(a) Whenever a labor organization notifies an employer or employers it represents a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit, and demands recognition as the exclusive representative of such employees for the purpose of collective bargaining, and when such labor organization does in fact represent such a majority, it shall be the duty of the employer or employers to recognize the labor organization as the exclusive representative of such employees and commence collective bargaining forthwith. Any failure or refusal of the employer or employers to recognize any majority representative of the employees involved shall entitle the labor organization to seek such enforcement as may be provided in law, including, but not limited to an action for an injunction in an appropriate court having jurisdiction. The services of the Toledo Labor-Management-Citizens Committee shall be made available to and in the resolution of disputes concerning majority status.
(b) Whenever a labor organization has notified an employer or employers that it represents a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit and in fact does represent a majority of such employees and has demanded recognition as the exclusive representative of such employees and the commencement of collective bargaining, and whenever such employer or employers have failed or refused to recognize and bargain with such labor organization after such timely demand, and when such labor organization continues to represent sufficient of the employees to have constituted a majority at the time of the initial demand and whenever such failure or refusal of an employer to recognize and bargain has continued to cause a labor dispute detrimental to the safety, peace or welfare of the people of Toledo, it shall be the duty of such employer or employers upon a continued demand of such labor organization for recognition and bargaining, to forthwith recognize such labor organization as the exclusive representative of its employees and commence bargaining. Any failure or refusal by an employer or employers to comply with this provision shall be enforceable by an action for an injunction as set forth in Section 797.04.
(1952 Code § 42-1-3; Ord. 629-75)