DECISIONS

                                                       STATE OF WASHINGTON

                  BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Julie Green, Representative, appeared on behalf of the petitioner.

W. Robert Garrett, Superintendent, appeared on behalf of the employer.

                                                            FINDINGS OF FACT

1.         The above‑named petitioner timely filed a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation with the Public Employment Relations Commission, involving certain employees of the above‑named employer.  The showing of interest filed in support of the petition was administrative­ly deter­mined by the Commission to be suffi­cient.  The employer declined voluntarily to recognize the petitioner as the exclusive bargaining representative of its employees.

2.         As a result of prelimi­nary processing of the petition, the Commission proceeded with determina­tion of the question concerning representation, and issues framed concerning the eligibil­ity of certain employees for inclusion in the bargain­ing unit were reserved for subsequent determination.

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

ALL EMPLOYEES WHO CONDUCT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVI­TIES IN THE WAHKIAKUM SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR WHICH NO CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED, EXCLUDING SUPERVISORS, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES WHEN PERFORMING AS SUCH, CASUAL EMPLOYEES 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 a bargaining representative.  A tally of the result was previously fur­nished to the parties, and is attached hereto.  The reserved eligibili­ty issues do not affect the outcome of the question concerning representation.  No meritori­ous objections have been filed with respect to these proceed­ings.

                                                       CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

1.         The bargaining unit described in paragraph 3 of the foregoing findings of fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining.

2.         All conditions precedent to issuance of an interim certifica­tion have been met.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is

                                                                    ORDERED

1.         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 EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

and that organization is certified as their exclusive bargain­ing representative for the purpose of collective bargain­ing with their employer.

2.         The above-captioned matter is remanded for further proceedings on the eligibility issues previously reserved, as described in paragraph 2 of the foregoing findings of fact.

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 8th day of November, 1999.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MARVIN L. SCHURKE, Executive Director