FTWU, 16 OCB2d 26 (BOC 2023)
FTWU filed a petition to represent the Marine Consolidated Titles bargaining unit, currently represented by MMP. It alleged that its petition was timely pursuant to an exception to the contract bar rule because a large percentage of employees had signed cards with FTWU, the members believe that MMP had, in effect, abandoned the unit, and MMP had negotiated only one contract. The Board found that the exception to the contract bar rule for unusual or extraordinary circumstances was not applicable because MMP was not defunct and had not abandoned representation of the bargaining unit. Accordingly, it dismissed FTWU’s petition as untimely.