Recognition of exclusive bargaining agent.
New Orleans City Code § 114-406
in effectSec. 114-406. - Recognition of exclusive bargaining agent.
(a) If an employee labor organization has been recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent of a bargaining unit of city employees, whether by a memorandum of understanding with the city in effect on January 1, 2024, a legislative act of the council regarding the general government bargaining unit passed on or before December 1, 2024, or by another process legally recognized with the city, then that bargaining agent shall have the rights and responsibilities vested by this article. All other provisions of this article shall henceforth apply to all recognized bargaining agents and the bargaining units they represent.
(b) If there is no recognized exclusive bargaining agent, a bargaining agent may become recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent of all employees in an appropriate bargaining unit described in section 114-403 if the LRA reports to the council the appropriate procedures to select a representative are followed and that representative is certified by the council as described in section 114-107.
(M.C.S., Ord. No. 29494, § 1, 6-22-23, eff. 1-1-24; M.C.S., Ord. No. 30114, § 1, 10-24-24)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH114PE_ARTVCOBA_S114-406REEXBAAGFetched: 10/28/2026