---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 9701.513"
title: "5"
number: "9701.513"
heading: "Exclusive recognition of labor organizations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/9701.513"
---

# §9701.513. Exclusive recognition of labor organizations.


The Department must accord exclusive recognition to a labor organization if the organization has been selected as the representative, in a secret ballot election, by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit as determined by the Authority, who cast valid ballots in the election.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 9701.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 5318, Feb. 1, 2005, unless otherwise noted.