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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="4-220" title_number="4" title_name="Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Choice of Bargaining Representative">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An employee, an employer, or a labor organization may submit to the Mediation Service a petition for decertification of an organization that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Mediation Service has certified as a bargaining representative after a consent election; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an employer currently recognizes as the bargaining representative without a consent election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A petition for decertification of an organization as bargaining representative for a bargaining unit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be supported by at least 30% of the employees in the bargaining unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not be submitted within 1 year after certification of the bargaining representative as a result of a consent election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Mediation Service shall investigate each petition submitted in accordance with this section to determine whether there is reasonable doubt that the bargaining representative in fact represents a majority of the employees in the bargaining unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If, after the investigation, the Mediation Service determines that there is reasonable doubt, the Mediation Service shall order an election to resolve the issue.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
