STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES
Involving certain employees of:
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
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CASE 23632-E-10-3608
DECISION 10944 - PSRA
CERTIFICATION Cross-check by Agreement of Parties
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Younglove Coker by Ed Younglove, Attorney at Law and Herb Harris, PERC Specialist, for the petitioner.
Attorney General Robert M. McKenna, by Mark Yamashita, Assistant Attorney General and Marge Falkner, Human Resources Specialist, 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 Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 1, Mail Carrier-Driver, and Utility Worker 1 at the Tacoma Branch Campus of 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 nonsupervisory classified employees of the University of Washington, excluding members the governing board, employees excluded from 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 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 Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 1, Mail Carrier-Driver and Utility Worker 1 at the Tacoma Branch Campus 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 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 Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 1, Mail Carrier-Driver and Utility Worker 1 at the Tacoma Branch Campus 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 28th day of December, 2010.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
CATHLEEN CALLAHAN, Executive Director