---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2421.16"
title: "5"
number: "2421.16"
heading: "Showing of interest."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2421.16"
---

# §2421.16. Showing of interest.


Showing of interest means evidence of membership in a labor organization; employees' signed and dated authorization cards or petitions authorizing a labor organization to represent them for purposes of exclusive recognition; allotment of dues forms executed by an employee and the labor organization's authorized official; current dues records; an existing or recently expired agreement; current exclusive recognition or certification; employees' signed and dated petitions or cards indicating that they no longer desire to be represented for the purposes of exclusive recognition by the currently recognized or certified labor organization; employees' signed and dated petitions or cards indicating a desire that an election be held on a proposed consolidation of units; or other evidence approved by the Authority.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 431; 5 U.S.C. 7134.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 3497, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted.