REPRESENTATION ISSUES; PROOF OF SUPPORT – In General; Requirements

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The City properly accepted the petitioner’s proof of support which authorized petitioner to represent the signatories in their employment relations with the City without mentioning decertification of the incumbent representative, as the authorization cards provided sufficient evidence that the employees wished to both decertify and replace their exclusive representative. The MMBA does not bar petitioner’s authorization language, particularly given that, in the absence of any applicable local rule, PERB would consider IBEW’s authorization language to be sufficient proof of support for a combined decertification-recognition petition. (PERB Reg. 61350, subd. (b)(2).)