(A) Any member of the bargaining unit or a labor organization may initiate decertification of a labor organization as the exclusive representative if 30% of the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit make a written request to the Board for a decertification election. Decertification elections shall be held in a manner prescribed by the Board.
(B) When there is a collective bargaining agreement in effect, a request for a decertification election shall be made to the Board no earlier than 90 days and no later than 60 days before the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement; provided, however, that a request for a decertification election may be filed at any time after the expiration of the third year of a collective bargaining agreement with a term of more than 3 years.
(C) When, within the time period prescribed in division (B) of this section, a competing labor organization files a petition containing signatures of at least 30% of the employees in the appropriate bargaining unit, a representation election rather than a decertification election shall be conducted.
(D) When an exclusive representative has been certified but no collective bargaining agreement is in effect, the Board shall not accept a request for decertification election earlier than 12 months subsequent to a labor organization's certification as the exclusive representative.
(Ord. 1-93, passed 3-28-1994)