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Skagit Valley College, Decision 11936-A (PSRA, 2014)

Collection DECISIONS
Date 01/31/2014
Case Number 24893-E-12
Decision Maker Executive Director
Case Type Certification
Case History See Also - Skagit Valley College, Decision 11935 (PSRA, 2013) - 11/26/2013 - Election
Additional Information By Election, 105 Eligible Voters
Statute PSRA - RCW 41.80

Decision Content

           

 

STATE OF WASHINGTON

 

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

 

In the matter of the petition of:

 

JULIE BISHOP

 

Involving certain employees of:

 

SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE

(COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 4)

 

CASE 24893-E-12-3723

 

DECISION 11936-A - PSRA

 

 

CERTIFICATION

Representation Election

by Agreement of Parties

 

 

 

Julie Bishop, for the decertification petitioner.

 

Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General, by Kari Hanson, Assistant Attorney General, for the employer.

 

Schwerin, Campbell, Barnard, Iglitzin & Lavitt, LLP, by Kathleen Phair Barnard, Attorney at Law, and Danielle Franco-Malone, Attorney at Law, for the intervenor, Washington Public Employees Association.

 

 

                                                            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 full-time and regular part-time nonsupervisory classified employees employed by Skagit Valley College, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, employees in the Head Start and Early Childhood Education Assistance Program, the Office Assistant III in the President’s Office, the Administrative Assistant A who is assistant to the Administrative Vice President, the Human Resources Assistant who is assistant to the Personnel Director, 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 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

 

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 41.80.070.

 

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  31st  day of January, 2014.

 

 

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

 

 

MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director

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