DECISIONS

Washington State University, Decision 12690 (PSRA, 2017)

                                                       STATE OF WASHINGTON

                  BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Rebecca Torpey, for the petitioner.

Kendra Wilkins-Fontenot, Assistant Director, for the Washington State University.

Jason K. McKay, Attorney at Law, for the Public School Employees of Washington.

                                                            FINDINGS OF FACT

1.                  Rebecca Torpey filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of the Washington State University.  The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.

2.                  Public School Employees of Washington is the incumbent labor organization that represented the petitioned‑for employees and was granted status as intervenor in these proceedings.

3.                  These representation proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in the bargaining unit described as:

All full-time and regular part-time non-supervisory employees in Facilities Operations, Custodial services Unit, at the Pullman campus of Washington State University, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, and all other employees.

4.                  All proceedings were conducted in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of their bargaining representative, if any; a tally of the results previously furnished to the parties is attached hereto; and no meritorious objections have been filed with respect to these proceedings.

                                           CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

1.                  The unit described in Finding of Fact 3 is an appropriate unit for the purpose of collective bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.80.070.

2.                  All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.

                                                               CERTIFICATION

The employees of the Washington State University in the appropriate bargaining unit described in Finding of Fact 3 have chosen

                                                         NO REPRESENTATION

as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  10th  day of May, 2017.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director