D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8, r. 8-A2010
The Public Employee Relations Board of the District of Columbia is authorized to hear and decide appeals on issues in dispute between the School of Law and a labor organization, as set forth in this section and the rules of the PERB.
The Dean, on behalf of the School of Law, may challenge an adverse determination by the Public Employee Relations Board with regard to the submission of a petition for recognition or decertification or a determination of the appropriate bargaining unit to the appropriate court of the District of Columbia.
Objections concerning the conduct of an election may be filed by any labor organization on the ballot of the election, or by the Dean acting on behalf of the Board.
A challenge for cause of the eligibility of any person who has voted in an election may be filed with the PERB by any labor organization on the ballot of the election or by the Dean acting on behalf of the Board.
In the case of a challenge brought under § 2010.4, all challenged ballots shall be impounded. If the challenged ballots are of sufficient number as to affect the results of the election, the Public Employee Relations Board is authorized to investigate the challenged ballots and to issue a report of its findings.
Any labor organization on the ballot in an election, or the Dean acting on behalf of the Board, may challenge the winning labor organization's capacity and willingness to fairly represent the interests of the bargaining unit.
The following actions under this section must be filed within five (5) days of the certification of election results:
All appeals and challenges made to the Public Employee Relations Board pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of the PERB.
The decisions of the Public Employee Relations Board on appeals and challenges brought under this section shall be binding upon all parties.
The Public Employee Relations Board shall be authorized to determine whether certain employees of the School of Law are administrators or management officials, and are thereby excluded from any bargaining unit pursuant to the provisions of § 2007.
The designation of an employee as an administrator or management official shall not become effective during a period of unchallenged, certified representation by a labor organization, pursuant to § 2007, but shall become effective upon the termination of the period of unchallenged, certified representation.
Either party to collective bargaining may file an appeal of the negotiability of any item that it has proposed for negotiation.
The rules and procedures of the Public Employee Relations Board shall govern the negotiability appeal process.
The negotiability of any proposed item shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of law and this title governing the scope of collective bargaining.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8, r. 8-A2010