SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1939, AFL-CIO, CLC 1 (2001-2004)

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as to the question of decerfification, and if an accompanying Recognition Petition was duly filed, and, in the event decertification of the incumbent Recognized Employee Organization is voted, the question of representation. Such election shall be conducted in conformance with Section 9 of this Resolution. The cost of any election proceeding under the provisions of this Section shall be borne entirely by the employee organization(s) challenging the incumbent recognized employee organization. An employee organization which displaces another employee organization as a formally recognized employee organization following an election conducted pursuant to this Section shall assume any existing Memorandum of Understanding then in effect as a condition of recognition and said Memorandum of Understanding shall remain in full force and effect for the balance of the term thereof. Section 11: Policy and Standards for Determination of Appropriate Units The basic policy objectives in determining the appropriateness of units shall be the effect of a proposed unit on 1) the efficient operations of the City and its compatibility with the primary responsibility of the City and its employees to effectively and economically serve the public and 2) providing employees with effective representation based on recognized community of interest considerations. These policy objectives require that the appropriate unit shall be the broadest feasible grouping of positions that share an identifiable community of interest. Factors to be considered shall be: Similarity of the general kinds of work performed, types of qualifications required, and the general working conditions. History of representation in the City and similar employment; except however, that no unit shall be deemed to be an appropriate unit solely on the basis of the extent to which employees in the proposed unit have organized. The effect of the proposed unit on efficient operations of the City and the compatibility of the unit with the responsibility of the City mhd its employees to serve the public. The effect on the administration of employer-employee relations created by the fragmentation of classifications and proliferation of units. Effect on the classification structure and impact on the stability of the employee relationship of dividing a single or related classification among two or more units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, management employees shall only be included in a unit consisting solely of management employees and confidential employees shall be included 98