---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2422.1"
title: "5"
number: "2422.1"
heading: "What is your purpose for filing a petition?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2422.1"
---

# §2422.1. What is your purpose for filing a petition?


You, the petitioner, may file a petition for the following purposes:

- (a) **Elections or eligibility for dues allotment.** To request:
  - (1)
    - (i) An election to determine whether employees in an appropriate unit wish to be represented for the purpose of collective bargaining by an exclusive representative, and/or
    - (ii) A determination of eligibility for dues allotment in an appropriate unit without an exclusive representative; or
  - (2) An election to determine whether employees in a unit no longer wish to be represented for the purpose of collective bargaining by an exclusive representative.
  - (3) Petitions under this subsection must be accompanied by an appropriate showing of interest.
- (b) **Clarification or amendment.** To clarify, and/or amend:
  - (1) A recognition or certification then in effect; and/or
  - (2) **Any other matter relating to representation.**
- (c) **Consolidation.** To consolidate two or more units, with or without an election, in an agency where a labor organization is the exclusive representative.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 77 FR 37752, June 25, 2012, unless otherwise noted.