REPRESENTATION ISSUES; CONTRACT BAR – Midterm Modification; Premature Extension; Short Term Extension

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1301.00000 – REPRESENTATION ISSUES; CONTRACT BAR
1301.03000 – Midterm Modification; Premature Extension; Short Term Extension

Appeal of order directing decertification election denied where, during the term of an existing contract, the parties execute a new contract which contains an expiration date later than that of the first contract; new contract is premature and will not act as a bar to a decertification election; p. 4, dismissal letter. Stay of decertification election denied where, during the term of an existing contract, the parties executed a new contract which contains an expiration date later than that of the first contract, and all unit members were not aware of the ramifications of the change in the window period; p. 3, dismissal letter. Purpose of the rule that premature contract will not act as a bar to a decertification election is to prevent manipulation of the window period for the filing of a decertification petition; p. 4. period for the filing of a decertification petition; p. 4.