(a) A petition,
when filed by an employee, the employee's representative or a labor
organization, shall contain the information required by the form supplied by
the board, including the following:
(1) The
name and address of the petitioner;
(2) the name and address of the employer or
employers concerned and the general nature of the business;
(3) such information as the petitioner can
secure concerning the approximate percentage of business or sales outside the
state of Connecticut, and other facts concerning interstate commerce, if
any;
(4) the approximate total
number of employees;
(5) the types,
classifications or groups of employees in the bargaining unit or units claimed
to be appropriate, the number of employees therein, the names and addresses of
any other individuals or labor organizations who claim to be the
representatives of any of the employees in the alleged bargaining unit or units
and a brief description of any contract covering any employees in such unit or
units;
(6) an allegation that a
question or controversy exists concerning representation;
(7) a request that the board certify the name
or names of the representatives who have been designated or selected for the
purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in the unit
or units appropriate for such purposes; and
(8) an allegation that a substantial number
of employees, as defined in section
31-101-6
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, (A) wish to be represented
for collective bargaining by an employee organization as exclusive
representative or (B) assert that the employee organization currently certified
or recognized as the bargaining representative is no longer the representative
of a majority of employees in the unit.
(b) If a petition has been filed with the
board in compliance with subsections (1) to (8), inclusive, of this section,
any other employee organization may file with the board a petition which states
that ten (10%) percent or more of the employees have expressed in writing the
desire to have the intervenor as exclusive representative and such petition for
intervention shall be filed within fifteen (15) days of the initial petition
and shall otherwise conform to the requirements specified in this
section.
