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 26499-E-14-3868
DECISION 12170 - PSRA
THIRD CORRECTED CERTIFICATION Cross-check by Agreement of Parties
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Herb Harris, PERC Specialist, for the petitioner, Washington Federation of State Employees.
Attorney General Robert Ferguson, by Mark Yamashita, Assistant Attorney General, for the employer.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Washington Federation of State Employees filed a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation with the Public Employment Relations Commission, for the Food Service Supervisors 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 Washington Federation of State Employees is described as:
All full-time and regular part-time custodian supervisors at the University of Washington Harborview Medical Center, excluding confidential employees, nonsupervisory 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 Washington Federation of State Employees 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 Washington Federation of State Employees shall be modified to include the Food Service Supervisors for a bargaining unit described as:
All full–time and regular part–time custodial supervisors at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center and food service supervisors, excluding food services supervisors at the Harborview Medical Center and the UW Medical Center, and excluding confidential employees, nonsupervisory 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 41.80.070.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is
CERTIFIED
The Food Service Supervisors 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 20th day of October, 2014.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director