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SCOPE OF BARGAINING
Matters about which the parties can negotiate.
SHOWING OF INTEREST (SOI)
The required evidence of employee interest supporting a representation petition. The SOI for a petition seeking exclusive recognition is 30% (5 CFR 2422.3(c)); 10% to intervene in the election (5 CFR 2422.8(c)(1); and 10% when petitioning for dues allotment recognition (5 CFR 2422.3(d)). Evidence of such a showing can consist of, signed and dated authorization cards or petitions.
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
Standards regarding internal democratic practices, fiscal responsibility, and procedures to which a union must adhere to qualify for recognition. The Department of Labor has responsibility for making known and enforcing standards of conduct for unions in the federal and private sectors. See 53 FLRA No. 85.
STEWARD
Union representative to whom the union assigns various representational functions, such as investigating and processing grievances.
SUCCESSORSHIP
Where, as the result of a reorganization, a portion of an existing unit is transferred to a gaining employer, the latter will be found to be the successor employer (thus inheriting, along with the employees, the exclusive representative of those employees and the collective bargaining agreement that applied to those employees) if: (a) the post-transfer unit is appropriate, (b) the transferred bargaining unit employees are a majority in the post-transfer unit, (c) the gaining employer has "substantially" the same mission as the losing employer, (d) the transferred employees perform "substantially" the same duties under "substantially" similar working conditions in the gaining entity, and (e) it is not demonstrated that an election is necessary to determine representation
