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King Public Hospital District 1, Decision 12205 (PECB, 2014)

Collection DECISIONS
Date 11/25/2014
Case Number 26797-E-14
Decision Maker Executive Director
Case Type Certification
Additional Information By Cross-check, 10 Eligible Voters
Statute PECB - RCW 41.56

Decision Content

                                                                             

STATE OF WASHINGTON

 

                  BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

 

 

In the matter of the petition of:

 

SEIU HEALTHCARE 1199NW

 

Involving certain employees of:

 

VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

(KING COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT 1)

 

 

CASE 26797-E-14-3896

 

DECISION 12205 - PECB

 

CERTIFICATION

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Agreement of Parties

 

 

 

Teresa Tobin, Co-Organizing Director, for the petitioner, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.

 

Steve Losleben, Vice-President Human Resources, for the employer.

 

 

                                                            FINDINGS OF FACT

 

1.                  The SEIU Healthcare 1199NW filed a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation with the Public Employment Relations Commission, for the Registered Nurses, Lactation Consultants at the Valley Medical Center. 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 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is described as:

 

All full-time, regular part-time and per-diem Registered Nurses employed by Valley Medical Center, excluding Nurse Educators, employee health nurses, supervisors, administrative personnel, and all other employees of the employer.

 

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 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW 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 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW shall be modified to include the Registered Nurses, Lactation Consultant for a bargaining unit described as:

 

All full-time, regular part-time and per-diem Registered Nurses employed by Valley Medical Center, excluding Nurse Educators, employee health nurses, supervisors, administrative personnel, and all other employees of the employer.

 

 

                                             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 41.56.060.

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is

 

 

                                                                    CERTIFIED

 

 

The Registered Nurses, Lactation Consultants of the Valley Medical Center have chosen:

 

                                                    SEIU HEALTHCARE 1199NW

 

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

 

 

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this  25th  day of November 2014.

 

 

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

 

 

MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director

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