I received the below copy of a petition filed with the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) over the weekend. I was somewhat surprised to see it, so I spoke with our attorney about it. Apparently, there is a movement afoot by a portion of membership of this union to get out from under representation by ATU. I'm told this does NOT include the ECAT employees -but rather just the other categories of ATU employees as listed on this petition. It appears, from the petition filed with PERC, as if 90 of the 215 employees currently represented (nearly 42% of the membership) have signed statements of interest signaling that they "no longer desire to be represented for purposes of collective bargaining by the certified bargaining agent." See the petition pictured, below.
