There are two levels of employee organization recognition: formal and informal. The recognition requirements of each are set forth below:
A. Formal Recognition--The Right to Meet and Confer in Good Faith as Majority Representative. An employee organization that seeks formal recognition for purposes of meeting and conferring in good faith as the majority representative of employees in an appropriate unit shall file a petition with the municipal employee relations officer containing the following information and documentation:
1. Name and address of the employee organization;
2. Names and titles of its officers;
3. Names of employee organization representatives who are authorized to speak on behalf of its members;
4. A statement that the employee organization has, as one of its primary purposes, representing employees in their employment relations with the city;
5. A statement whether the employee organization is a chapter or local of, or affiliated directly or indirectly in any manner with a regional or state, or national or international organization, and, if so, the name and address of each such regional, state or international organization;
6. Certified copies of the employee organization's constitution and by-laws;
7. A designation of those persons, not exceeding two in number, and their addresses, to whom notice sent by regular United States mail will be deemed sufficient notice on the employee organization for any purpose;
8. A statement that the employee organization recognizes that the provisions of Section 923 of the Labor Code are not applicable to city employees;
9. A statement that the employee organization has no restriction on membership based on race, color, creed, sex or national origin;
10. The job classifications or titles of employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate and the approximate number of member employees therein;
11. A statement that the employee organization has in its possession written proof, dated within six months of the date upon which the petition is filed, to establish that employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate have designated the employee organization to represent them in their employment relations with the city. Such written proof shall be submitted for confirmation to the municipal employee relations officer or to a mutually agreed upon disinterested third party;
12. A request that the municipal employee relations officer recognize the employee organization as the majority representative of the employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate for the purpose of meeting and conferring in good faith on all matters within the scope of representation.
B. Informal Recognition--The Right to Consult in Good Faith. An employee organization that seeks recognition for purposes of consultation in good faith shall file a petition with the municipal employee relations officer containing the following information and documentation:
1. All of the information enumerated in subsections (A)(1) through (A)(9) of this section inclusive;
2. A statement that the employee organization has in its possession written proof, dated within six months of the date upon which the petition is filed, to establish that employees have designated the employee organization to represent them in their employment relations with the city. Such written proof shall be submitted for confirmation to the municipal employee relations officer or to a mutually agreed upon disinterested third party;
3. A request that the municipal employee relations officer recognize the employee organization for the purpose of consultation in good faith.
C. The petition, including all accompanying documents, shall be verified, under oath, by the executive officer and secretary of the organization that the statements are true. All changes in such information shall be filed forthwith in like manner.
D. The municipal employee relations officer shall grant recognition, in writing, to all employee organizations who have complied with either Section 2.40.090(A) or (B) and, in addition Section 2.40.090(C), for purposes of consultation in good faith for its members. Employee organizations seeking formal recognition as majority representative must, in addition, establish to the satisfaction of the municipal employee relations officer that it represents a majority of the employees in the manner prescribed in Section 2.40.110(A). No employee may be represented by more than one recognized employee organization for the purposes of this resolution. (Prior code § 1309)