22 CFR § 1421.16 - Showing of interest.

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title: "22 CFR § 1421.16 - Showing of interest."
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title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "1421.16"
section_name: "Showing of interest."
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY; AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE IMPASSE DISPUTES PANEL"
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subchapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY"
part_number: "1421"
part_name: "MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"
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authority: "22 U.S.C. 4107(c)."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 45861, Sept. 15, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1421.16 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; and 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; or other evidence approved by the Authority.