PURPOSE: This rule describes the contents of a petition for decertification.

1. (1) A petition for decertification of public employee representative shall contain substantially the following:

   1. (A) A statement that the employee representative certified by the chairman or the board or voluntarily recognized by the public employer no longer represents a majority of the employees in the collective bargaining unit in which it is currently voluntarily recognized or certified and such employee organization asserts a claim to be the majority representative of the employees;
   2. (B) The petition for decertification of public employee representative also shall contain the information set forth in 8 CSR 40- 2.030(1), except subsection (C); and
   3. (C) The petition for decertification shall be accompanied by a showing of interest of not less than thirty percent (30%) of the employees in the unit in which an employee representative has been voluntarily recognized or certified. A showing of interest shall indicate that the employees no longer desire to be represented for purposes of collective bargaining by the voluntarily recognized or certified employee representative.

AUTHORITY: section 295.070, RSMo 1994.* Original rule filed Dec. 31, 1975, effective Jan. 10, 1976. Amended: Filed May 3, 1999, effective Nov. 30, 1999. *Original authority 295.070, RSMo 1947.