Procedure Governing Representation Issues.
Article 304
ART. 304. Procedure Governing Representation Issues. — When a question concerning the representation of employees is submitted to it, the Bureau shall hear and decide such controversy and certify to the parties in writing the name of the labor organization that has been designated or selected as the appropriate bargaining agent. In such cases, the Bureau shall provide for a speedy and appropriate hearing upon due notice and if there is any reasonable doubt as to whom the employees have chosen as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining, the Bureau shall order a secret ballot election to be conducted by the Bureau to ascertain who is freely chosen representative of the employees concerned, under such rules and regulations as the Bureau may prescribe, at which balloting representatives of contending parties shall have the right to attend as inspectors. No certification election issue shall be entertained by the Bureau in any collective bargaining unit if a certified collective bargaining agreement exists between the employer and a legitimate labor organization, except within sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the life of such certified collective bargaining agreement. The organization receiving the majority of the votes cast in such election shall be certified by the Bureau as the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees concerned.