STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 925
Involving certain employees of:
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
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CASE 23628-E-10-3607
DECISION 10943 - PSRA
CERTIFICATION Cross-check by Agreement of Parties
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Douglas Drachler McKee by Martha Barron, Attorney at Law, for the petitioner.
Attorney General Robert M. McKenna by, Mark Yamashita, Assistant Attorney General, for the employer.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Service Employees International Union, Local 925 filed a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation with the Public Employment Relations Commission, for the Anatomic Pathology Technician Trainee, Anatomic Pathology Technician, Anatomic Pathology Technologist, Clinical/Medical Technologist 1 and Clinical Autopsy Coordinator 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 Service Employees International Union, Local 925 is described as:
All full-time and regular part-time Polysomnographic Technicians of the University of Washington, excluding 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 Service Employees International Union, Local 925 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 Service Employees International Union, Local 925 shall be modified to include the Anatomic Pathology Technician Trainee, Anatomic Pathology Technician, Anatomic Pathology Technologist, Clinical/Medical Technologist 1 and Clinical Autopsy Coordinator for a bargaining unit described as:
All full-time and regular part-time Polysomnographic Technician, Anatomic Pathology Technician Trainee, Anatomic Pathology Technician, Anatomic Pathology Technologist, Clinical/Medical Technologist 1 and Clinical Autopsy Coordinator employed at the University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center, excluding 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is
CERTIFIED
The Anatomic Pathology Technician Trainee, Anatomic Pathology Technician, Anatomic Pathology Technologist, Clinical/Medical Technologist 1 and Clinical Autopsy Coordinator of the University of Washington have chosen:
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 925
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 23rd day of December, 2010.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
CATHLEEN CALLAHAN, Executive Director