STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
In the matter of the petition of:
WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES
Involving certain employees of:
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
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CASE 23104-E-10-3543
DECISION 10898-A - PSRA
CERTIFICATION Cross-check by Agreement of Parties
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Younglove and Coker, P.L.L.C., by, Gregory M. Rhodes, Attorney at Law, for the petitioner.
Robert M. McKenna, Attorney General, by Mark K. Yamashita, Assistant Attorney General, for the employer.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) filed a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation with the Public Employment Relations Commission, for the Truck Driver 1 classification at the University of Washington. The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest which was administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient. No other organization is known to claim to represent the employees involved.
2. The existing bargaining unit represented by the WFSE is described as:
All full-time and regular part-time nonsupervisory classified employees of the University of Washington, excluding members of the governing board, employees excluded from the coverage of Chapter 41.06 RCW, students, employees covered by other collective bargaining agreements, confidential employees and supervisors.
3. All proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of whether they wished to be represented by the WFSE in its existing bargaining unit. A confidential cross-check of employer and union documents has been conducted by the 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.
4. The existing bargaining unit represented by the WFSE shall be modified to include the Truck Driver 1 classification for a bargaining unit described as:
All full-time and regular part-time nonsupervisory classified
employees of the University of Washington, excluding members of the governing
board, employees excluded from the coverage of Chapter 41.06 RCW, students,
employees covered by other collective bargaining agreements, confidential
employees and supervisors.
CONCLUSION OF LAW
The unit described in paragraph 4 of the foregoing Findings of Fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.80.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is
CERTIFIED
The Truck Driver 1 classification of the University of Washington have chosen:
WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 1st day of December 2010.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
CATHLEEN CALLAHAN, Executive Director