Section 36 Representation Petition (for Election) (NLRB Form 502)

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PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

BEFORE FILLING OUT A PETITION FORM!

• Please call an Information Officer in the Regional Office nearest you for assistance in filing a petition. The Information Officer will be happy to answer your questions about the petition form or to draft the petition on your behalf.

• Check one of the boxes listed under Question 1 representing the purpose of the petition: RC-a union desires to be certified as the bargaining representative of employees; RM-an employer seeks an election because one or more individuals or unions have sought recognition as the bargaining representative, or based on a reasonable belief supported by objective considerations that the currently recognized union has lost its majority status; RD-employees seek to remove the currently recognized union as the bargaining representative: UD-employees desire an election to restrict the union's right to maintain a union shop clause; UC-a labor organization or an employer seeks clarification of the existing bargaining unit; or AC-a labor organization or an employer seeks an amendment of a certification issued in a prior Board case.

• Under Question 5, please carefully describe the bargaining unit involved in the petition, listing the job classifications included in the unit and the job classifications excluded from the unit.

• After completing the petition form, be sure to sign and date the petition and mail, fax or hand deliver the completed petition form to the appropriate Regional Office.

• The filing of a petition seeking certification or decertification of a union should be accompanied by a sufficient showing of interest to support such a petition-i.e., a showing that 30% or more of the employees in the bargaining unit seek to be represented by the union or seek to decertify the currently recognized union. If the original showing is not sent to the Region with the filing of the petition, a party must deliver the original showing of interest to the Region within 48 hours after the filing of the petition, but in no event later than the last day on which a petition may be timely filed.

• Be sure to include telephone and fax numbers of the parties since this will be a significant aid to the processing of the petition.

• Be sure to include the name and address of any other labor organization or individuals known to have a representative interest in any of the employees in the unit described in Question 5 of the petition.

• A petition should be filed...