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Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority, Decision 6918 (PECB, 1999)

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Date 12/21/1999
Case Number 14881-E-99
Decision Maker Executive Director
Case Type Certification
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Statute PECB - RCW 41.56

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                                                       STATE OF WASHINGTON

 

                  BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

In the matter of the petition of:

 

TEAMSTERS UNION, LOCAL 117

 

Involving certain employees of:

 

PIKE PLACE MARKET PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

 

 

CASE 14881-E-99-2480

 

DECISION 6918 - PECB

 

INTERIM CERTIFICATION

Representation Election

by Agreement of Parties

 

 

 

Leonard Smith, Representative, appeared on behalf of the petitioner.

 

Preston, Gates & Ellis by Mark Marshall, Attorney at Law, and Robert Sqquaglia, Operations Director, appeared on behalf of the employer.

 

 

                                                            FINDINGS OF FACT

 

1.         The above‑named petitioner timely filed a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation with the Public Employment Relations Commission, involving certain employees of the above‑named employer.  The showing of interest filed in support of the petition was administrative­ly deter­mined by the Commission to be suffi­cient.  The employer declined voluntarily to recognize the petitioner as the exclusive bargaining representative of its employees.

 

2.         As a result of prelimi­nary processing of the petition, the Commission proceeded with determina­tion of the question concerning representation, and issues framed concerning the eligibil­ity of certain employees for inclusion in the bargain­ing unit were reserved for subsequent determination.

 

3.         These representa­tion proceedings were conducted in the bargaining unit described as:

 

ALL FULL-TIME AND REGULAR PART-TIME OFFICERS OF THE PIKE PLACE MARKET PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, EXCLUDING SUPERVISORS, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES.

 

4.         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 a bargaining representative.  A tally of the result was previously fur­nished to the parties, and is attached hereto.  The reserved eligibili­ty issues do not affect the outcome of the question concerning representation.  No meritori­ous objections have been filed with respect to these proceed­ings.

 

                                                       CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

 

1.         The bargaining unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing findings of fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining.

 

2.         All conditions precedent to issuance of an interim certifica­tion have been met.

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is

 

                                                                    ORDERED

 

1.         The employees of the above-named employer in the appropriate bargaining unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing findings of fact have chosen:

 

                                    TEAMSTERS UNION, LOCAL 117

 

and that organization is certified as their exclusive bargain­ing representative for the purpose of collective bargain­ing with their employer.

 

2.         The above-captioned matter is remanded for further proceedings on the eligibility issues previously reserved, as described in paragraph 2 of the foregoing findings of fact.

 

 

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 21st day of December, 1999.

 

 

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

 

 

MARVIN L. SCHURKE, Executive Director

 

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