5 CFR § 2421.16 - Showing of interest.

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title: "5 CFR § 2421.16 - Showing of interest."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2421.16"
section_name: "Showing of interest."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY"
part_number: "2421"
part_name: "MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "3 U.S.C. 431; 5 U.S.C. 7134."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 3497, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2421"
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# 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.