Wisconsin Administrative Code › Employment Relations Commission › ERC 20-29 - State Employment Labor Relations Act › Chapter ERC 29 - Authorization card majority determination of representative of unrepresented research assistants › Section ERC 29.02 - Petition for certification based on authorization card majority

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) WHO MAY
						FILE. A petition to determine a collective bargaining representative for a
						bargaining unit of unrepresented research assistants may be filed by a labor
						organization.
(2) FORM, NUMBER OF
						COPIES, AND FILING. The petition shall be in writing and shall include the
						signature or a facsimile of the signature of the representative filing the
						petition. A petition is not filed unless it contains the required signature or
						signature facsimile and unless and until the petition has been actually
						received by the commission at its Madison office during normal business hours
						specified in s.
						ERC
						10.06(1). The petition shall be
						transmitted to the commission as set forth in s.
						ERC
						10.06(1). If the petition is filed in
						paper form, a total of two copies of the petition shall be included. The
						original authorization cards required by sub. (3) shall be transmitted to the
						commission in paper form by physical delivery or mail. The petition is not
						filed until both the petition and the authorization cards have been received by
						the commission at its Madison office during normal business hours specified in
						s.
						ERC
						10.06(1).
(3) AUTHORIZATION CARDS.
(a) The petition shall be supported by
						authorization cards, signed within one year of the filing of the petition, by a
						majority of the research assistants in the collective bargaining unit
						involved.
(b) Authorization cards
						shall either substantially conform to the model card set forth in par. (c) or
						shall include all of the following:
1. The
						name, campus and department of the research assistant, in printed or otherwise
						legible form.
2. The name of the
						labor organization referred to in the card, in printed or otherwise legible
						form.
3. Statements reflecting that
						the research assistant favors establishment of a bargaining unit of research
						assistants exclusively represented for collective bargaining by the labor
						organization and understands that such representation may be based upon a
						majority of authorization cards without an election.
4. A statement reflecting that the research
						assistant has signed the card freely and without coercion by anyone.
5. The signature of the research
						assistant.
6. The date of
						signature.
(c) Model
						authorization card.
Research Assistant Authorization Card
Name (please print) __________________________________
Campus and Department (please print)
							__________________
Labor Organization (please print)
							______________________
I favor establishment of a bargaining unit of research
							assistants exclusively represented for collective bargaining by the above labor
							organization. I understand that such representation may be based upon a
							majority of authorization cards without an election. I have signed this card
							freely and without coercion by anyone.
___________________________ _________________
Research Assistant's Signature Date of Signature.
(d) Authorization cards shall be
						effective for one year after the date the card is signed and shall not be
						subject to revocation.
(e) The
						signing of a card shall not prevent the research assistant from signing another
						such card supporting representation by another labor organization.