Common use of Decertification Clause in Contracts

Decertification. ‌ (A) In the event a rival employee organization attempts to secure exclusive Bargaining Unit representative status with respect to the Bargaining Unit, said organization must comply with the provisions of Section 4117.07 (C) (6) of the Revised Code, which requires that during a thirty (30) day period between one hundred twenty (120) and ninety (90) days before the expiration of this Agreement, or after the expiration date of this Agreement, until the City and Union enter into a new Agreement, petitions may be filed with the State Employment Relations Board for the conducting of an election to determine the Bargaining Agent for the Bargaining Unit. (B) The decision of whether or not an election is to be conducted is reserved to the State Employment Relations Board.