General
Use this form if you want to file a petition pursuant to Section 220 of the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA). Refer to the Rules and Regulations of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (OCWR), Part 2422, for additional information on how to file a petition. The petition and supporting documentation may be filed via e-mail at LMR@ocwr.gov (preferred); or hand-deliver to Room LA-200, John Adams Building, 110 Second Street SE, Washington, DC 20540-1999; or fax to (202) 426-1913. If you wish to file in person, a petition must be filed with the Office’s Executive Director, along with a statement of any relevant facts not contained in the petition and a copy of all relevant correspondence relating to matters raised in the petition. Upon filing the petition, you must serve a copy of the petition and accompanying material (except for the showing of interest) on all affected parties. If additional space is needed, you may attach additional sheets numbered according to the box number(s) to which they pertain. The showing of interest and alphabetical list of names constituting such showing, as required by the CAA and the OCWR’s Regulations for any petition seeking an election or petition seeking determination for dues allotment, must be filed with the petition, but may not be furnished to any other party.
Purpose of the Petition and Standing to File
(A) Only a labor organization may file a petition to request:
(1) an election to determine if employees in an appropriate unit wish to be represented for the purpose of collective bargaining by an exclusive representative; and/or
(2) a determination of eligibility for dues allotment in an appropriate unit without an exclusive representative.
(B) Only an individual may file a petition to request an election to determine if employees in a unit no longer wish to be represented for the purpose of collective bargaining by an exclusive representative.
Note: Petitions for the purposes described in (A) or (B) must be accompanied by a showing of interest or evidence of membership, as appropriate.
(C) An employing office or labor organization, or an employing office and a labor organization jointly, may file a petition:
(1) to clarify or amend:
(i) a recognition or certification then in effect (for example, to change the name or affiliation ofthe recognized or certified exclusive representative or the name of the employing office; or toresolve questions related to the eligibility of employees for inclusion in the unit); and/or
(ii) any other matter relating to representation (for example, to resolve representation questionsrelated to reorganization or realignment of employing office operations or issues related to themajority status of the currently recognized or certified labor organization); or
(2) to consolidate two or more units, with or without an election, in an employing office and for which a labor organization is the exclusive representative.
