DECISIONS

Washington State University, Decision 12764 (PSRA, 2017)

                                                       STATE OF WASHINGTON

                  BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Herb Harris, Coordinator of PERC Activities, for the Washington Federation of State Employees.

Kendra Wilkins-Fontenot, Labor Relations Officer, for the Washington State University.

                                                            FINDINGS OF FACT

1.                  The Washington Federation of State Employees 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.  No other organization is known to claim to represent the employees involved.

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

All non-supervisory employees working the Facilities and Maintenance Operations Unit at the Washington State University Puyallup Research and Extension Center, excluding supervisory employees, confidential employees, faculty, employees exempt from Chapter 41.06 RCW, and all other employees.

3.                  All proceedings were conducted in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of a bargaining representative, if any; a confidential cross-check of employer and union documents has been conducted by Commission staff and 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 2 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 2 have chosen

                             WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  11th  day of August, 2017.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director