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title: "Open the record of a section 9 representation petition"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/issue-the-notice-of-employee-representational-rights-and-open-the-bargai/united-states"
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practice_area: "Anti-Discrimination & Industrial Relations"
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# Open the record of a section 9 representation petition

> From the file, list who filed the petition, the allegation the file states, any hearing date, any election date, and any certification. Do not draft the petition, and do not decide the bargaining unit.

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Anti-Discrimination & Industrial Relations](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the file, list who filed the petition, the allegation the file states, any hearing date, any election date, and any certification. Do not draft the petition, and do not decide the bargaining unit. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide whether a petition is filed, and you write it. Section 7 (29 U.S.C. § 157) gives employees the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and the right to refrain, except as an agreement authorised by section 8(a)(3) may affect that right. Section 9(a) (29 U.S.C. § 159(a)) makes representatives designated or selected by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit the exclusive representatives of all the employees in that unit for bargaining over rates of pay, wages, hours, or other conditions of employment. An employee or group may present a grievance and have it adjusted without the representative if the adjustment is not inconsistent with a contract then in effect and the representative has had an opportunity to be present. Section 9(c) provides for a petition by an employee, a group, or a labor organization acting for them, alleging that a substantial number wish to be represented and the employer declines to recognise the representative, or that a certified or recognised representative is no longer the representative, and for a petition by an employer alleging that a claim for recognition has been presented. If the Board has reasonable cause to believe a question of representation affecting commerce exists, it provides a hearing upon due notice. If it finds that question on the record, it directs a secret-ballot election and certifies the results. No election is directed in a unit or subdivision in which a valid election was held in the preceding twelve months. If no choice receives a majority, a run-off is held between the two choices with the largest and second-largest number of valid votes. A hearing may be waived by stipulation for a consent election. The Board's petition regulations were not opened. The opened text does not require the employer to issue a prescribed notice of representational rights. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Issue the notice of employee representational rights and open the bargaining record](https://ailawframework.com/practice/anti-discrimination-and-industrial-relations/issue-the-notice-of-employee-representational-rights-and-open-the-bargai.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the file, list who filed the petition, the allegation the file states, any hearing date, any election date, and any certification. Do not draft the petition, and do not decide the bargaining unit.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The opened text does not prescribe a notice of employee representational rights for the employer to issue. Do not invent that notice.
- The Board's regulations for the form of a petition were not opened. Do not add a showing of interest or a form number.
- Section 9(b) limits units that mix professional employees and other employees, and units of guards. The definition of professional employee was not opened. Do not decide the unit.

## Sources

- [29 U.S.C. § 159, representatives and elections](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/159) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [29 U.S.C. § 157, rights of employees](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/157) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*