2.52.030 Filing of recognition petition by employee organization.

(A) An employee organization that seeks to be formally acknowledged as the exclusively recognized organization representing the employees in an appropriate unit shall file a petition with the 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 the organization.

(4) A statement that the employee organization has, as one of its primary purposes, the responsibility of representing employees in their employment relations with the city.

(5) A statement of whether the employee organization is a chapter of, or affiliated directly or indirectly in any manner with, a local, regional, state, national, or international organization, and, if so, the name and address of each such other organization.

(6) Certified copies of the employee organization's constitution and bylaws.

(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 has no restriction on membership based on race, color, creed, sex, national origin, age, or physical disability.

(9) The job classification or position titles of employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate and the appropriate number of member employees therein.

(10) A statement that the employee organization has in its possession proof of employee support as herein defined to establish that a majority of the 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 preliminary confirmation to the State Mediation and Conciliation Service.

(11) A request that the employee relations officer formally acknowledge the petitioner as the exclusively recognized organization representing the employees in the unit claimed to be appropriate for the purpose of meeting and conferring in good faith.

(B) The petition, including the proof of employee support and all accompanying documentation, shall be declared to be true, correct, and complete, under penalty of perjury, by the duly authorized officer(s) of the employee organization executing it.