Petition for Decertification of an Exclusive Representative Certain Employees of the University of Minnesota, Unit 9, Crookston v. University of Minnesota

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

This certiorari appeal by the University of Minnesota from the dismissal of a de-certification petition filed by a group of instructional employees at the university’s Crookston campus requires us to consider whether for decertification purposes the Outstate Instructional Unit, also known as Unit 9, is a single unit comprising instructional employees at the Duluth and Crook-ston campuses, or two units, one comprising Duluth instructional employees and another comprising Crookston instructional employees. The Bureau of Mediation Services concluded that Unit 9 is a single…