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56 FLRA No. 183
The Regional Director found that the petition for an election to decertify the exclusive representative was untimely filed. He reached this result because the petition was not filed within the window established under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute and the Authority's Regulations for election petitions filed when there is an existing collective bargaining agreement.
The Authority found that the Activity established grounds for granting review of the Regional Director's Decision under section 2422.31(c)(1) and (2) of the Authority's Regulations, as the decision either raises an issue for which there is an absence of precedent, or established law or policy warrants reconsideration. Accordingly, the Authority granted the application for review on the issue of whether the agreement bar open period specified in section 7111(f)(3)(B) of the Statute and section 2422.12(d) of the Regulations applied to decertification petitions filed pursuant to section 7111(b)(1)(B) of the Statute.