STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 483
Involving certain employees of:
CITY OF TACOMA
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CASE 25494-E-13-3771
DECISION 11745 - PECB
CERTIFICATION Representation Election by Agreement of Parties
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Alice Phillips, Business Manager, for the petitioner, IBEW, Local 483.
Cheryl Comer, Deputy City Attorney, for the employer.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The IBEW, Local 483, filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation for the employees in the Sales and Service Representative job class of the City of Tacoma. 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 existing bargaining unit represented by IBEW, Local 483 is described as:
All full-time and regular part-time Telecommunications Construction Technicians and Telecommunication Network Technicians of the City of Tacoma Click Network, 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 IBEW, Local 483 in its existing bargaining unit. A secret ballot election has been conducted by 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 IBEW, Local 483 shall be modified to include the Sales and Service Representatives for a bargaining unit described as:
All full-time and regular part-time employees of the City of Tacoma Click! Network in the following job classifications: Telecommunications Utility Workers, Network Operations Center Technicians, Telecommunications Technicians 1, Telecommunications Network Construction Technicians, Telecommunications Network Technicians, and Sales & Service Representatives, 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 41.56.060.
All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is
CERTIFIED
The Sales and Service Representatives of City of Tacoma have chosen:
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 483
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 7th day of May, 2013.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director