STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
SEIU HEALTHCARE 1199NW
Involving certain employees of:
EVERGREEN HOSPITAL (KING COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISRTICT 2)
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CASE 25086-E-12-3741
DECISION 11712-B - PECB
CERTIFICATION Cross-check by Direction of Cross-Check
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Margaret Cary, General Counsel, for the petitioner, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.
Sebris Busto James, by Matthew W. Lynch, Attorney at Law, 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 Security Officers and Lead Security Officers at Evergreen Hospital (King County Public Hospital District 2. 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 and regular part-time clerical and service employees of King County Public Hospital District 2 (Evergreen Hospital), excluding casual employees, supervisors, confidential employees and all other employees.
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 Security Officers and Lead Security Officers for a bargaining unit described as:
All full-time and regular part-time clerical and service employees and Security Officers and Lead Security Officers of King County Public Hospital District 2 (Evergreen Hospital), excluding casual employees, supervisors, confidential employees and all other employees.
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 Security Officers and Lead Security Officers of the Evergreen Hospital have chosen:
SEIU HEALTHCARE 1199NW
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 28th day of June, 2013.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director