If there is an exclusive representative and an effective labor contract, the commissioner must only consider a petition for clarification, decertification, representation, or certification when the:
commissioner determines that the interests of good labor relations warrant the commissioner to consider the petition during the life of the existing contract.
Unless otherwise provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.12, subdivision 12, when a certification election, representation election, or decertification election has been held, a petition seeking an election must not be entertained for a one-year period from the date the commissioner has issued the order certifying the election results.
The commissioner may not entertain a petition for transfer of exclusive representative status for a one-year period from the date of certification or from the date of transfer of exclusive representative status.
A petition raising a question of certification, representation, or decertification must not be considered after an impasse has been certified if:
Unless on file with the commissioner, a copy of the employee organization's constitution or bylaws in effect at the time of petition must accompany the following petitions:
9 SR 735; L 1987 c 186 s 15; 23 SR 1564; 46 SR 1387
July 27, 2022
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes