{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-2421.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 2421.16","heading":"Showing of interest.","body":"Showing of interest means evidence of membership in a labor organization; employees' signed and dated authorization cards or petitions authorizing a labor organization to represent them for purposes of exclusive recognition; allotment of dues forms executed by an employee and the labor organization's authorized official; current dues records; an existing or recently expired agreement; current exclusive recognition or certification; employees' signed and dated petitions or cards indicating that they no longer desire to be represented for the purposes of exclusive recognition by the currently recognized or certified labor organization; employees' signed and dated petitions or cards indicating a desire that an election be held on a proposed consolidation of units; or other evidence approved by the Authority.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER XIV—FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL","SUBCHAPTER C—FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY","PART 2421—MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"56e5b41e5f14e7e8e10ea4ea728f305db2d99a69aa49953dfcf1b0a8e9fb1cf6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-2421.15","next":"us/5-cfr-2421.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}