DECISIONS

                      STATE OF WASHINGTON

       BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

In the matter of the petition of: )

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WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE    )

EMPLOYEES                        )    CASE 21176-E-07-3286

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Involving certain employees of:   )    DECISION 10035-A - PECB

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WASHINGTON STATE - FINANCIAL          )    CERTIFICATION

MANAGEMENT (ADULT FAMILY HOME         )    Representation Election

PROVIDERS)                        )    by Agreement of Parties

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Megan Parke, Organizing Director, for the petitioner.

Evelyn Venesky, Labor Relations Negotiator, for the employer.

Davis Grimm Payne Marra by Eileen Lawrence, Attorney at Law, for the intervenor, Washington State Residential Care Council.

                       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:

A STATEWIDE UNIT OF ALL PERSONS LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 70.128 RCW TO OPERATE A RESIDENTIAL HOME IN WHICH A PERSON OR PERSONS PROVIDE PERSONAL CARE, SPECIAL CARE, ROOM AND ABOARD TO MORE THAN ONE BUT NOT MORE THAN SIX ADULTS WHO ARE NOT RELATED BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS PROVID­ING THE SERVICES AND WHO RECEIVE PAYMENTS FROM THE MEDICAID AND STATE-FUNDED LONG-TERM CARE PROGRAMS.

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 41.56.060.

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 STATE RESIDENTIAL CARE COUNCIL

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

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 13th day of May, 2008.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

KENNETH J. LATSCH, Special Projects Manager