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                      STATE OF WASHINGTON

 

       BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

 

In the matter of the petition of: )

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WASHINGTON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES       )

ASSOCIATION                       )    CASE 18843-E-04-2987

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Involving certain employees of:   )    DECISION 8791 - PSRA

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STATE - FISH AND WILDLIFE         )    CERTIFICATION

)    Representation Election

)    by Agreement of Parties

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Herb Harris, Organizer, for the petitioner.

 

Cindy Lerch, Labor Relations Manager, for the employer.

 

 

 

                       FINDINGS OF FACT

 

1.                  The above‑named petitioner filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation of employees of the above‑named employer. The petition was timely filed and was accompanied by a showing of interest which was administra­tively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.

 

2.                  The organization(s) listed above as intervenors (if applica­ble) timely moved for intervention in the proceedings, and each  motion for intervention was supported by a showing of interest which was administratively determined by the Commis­sion to be sufficient.

 

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

 

 

ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE BIOLOGICAL DATA SYSTEMS AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE SCIENCE DIVISION, FISH PROGRAM AT THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, EXCLUDING SUPERVISORS, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE, WMS EM­PLOYEES, PROJECT EMPLOYEES AND THOSE EMPLOYEES IN EXISTING BARGAINING UNITS.

 


 

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 their bargaining representative, if any; 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.

 

                                             CONCLUSION OF LAW

 

1.                  The unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing Findings of Fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.80.

 

2.                  All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is

 

                                                                    CERTIFIED

 

The employees of the above-named employer in the appropriate bargaining unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing Findings of Fact have chosen:

 

 

                              WASHINGTON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

 

 

as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.

 

 

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 2nd day of December, 2004.

 

 

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

 

 

KENNETH J. LATSCH, Operations Manager

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