§ 3.70.180. Intervention.

A.

An employee organization may intervene as a candidate for representative of a proposed bargaining unit if it files its own petition within 15 days after the date the notice of the original petition is posted. An intervening petition must meet the requirements for original petitions contained in section 3.70.120, except that a showing of interest of only ten percent of the employees is required.

B.

An employee organization seeking to intervene for the purpose of representing a bargaining unit of employees different from that sought by the original petition, but that wishes to include some of the same employees in the unit proposed by the original petition, must file its own petition for certification that meets the requirement set forth in section 3.70.120.

C.

An intervention petition will not be considered by the board unless it is filed within the 15-calendar-day period established in section 3.70.170. The board will consider a petition that substantially fulfills the requirements of A. and B. of this section.

D.

A petition filed with the board during the 15-calendar-day period established in section 3.70.170 and that affects an employee covered by the original posted petition will, in the discretion of the board, be treated as an intervention.

E.

A petition to intervene is not required to be posted under section 3.70.170.

F.

If all or part of a bargaining unit subject to a posted petition is already represented by an employee organization, the current representative is an intervenor without the necessity of meeting the requirements of A. through C. of this section.

G.

An employee organization that intervenes under this section is bound by any stipulation made or to be made between the municipality and the original petitioner with respect to any procedure or election that may follow filing of the original petition.

(AR No. 97-180, § 1, 8-19-97)