DECISIONS

                      STATE OF WASHINGTON

       BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

In the matter of the petition of: )

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GRADUATE STUDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION  )

COALITION, INTERNATIONAL UNION,   )

UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND )

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS    )

OF AMERICA (GSEAC/UAW), AFL-CIO   )    CASE 16288-E-02-2699

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Involving certain employees of:   )    DECISION 8315-B - PECB

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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON              )    CERTIFICATION

)    Representation Election

)    by Agreement of Parties

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Theiler Douglas Drachler and McKee, by Paul Drachler, Attorney at Law, for the petitioner.

Christine Gregiore, Attorney General, by Judy Mims, Assistant Attorney General, and Summit Law Group by Otto G. Klein III, Attorney at Law, 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 REGULAR PART-TIME STUDENT/EMPLOYEES EN­ROLLED IN AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM AT THE UNIVER­SITY OF WASHINGTON AND WORKING IN ONE OR ANY COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSIFICATIONS: PREDOCTORAL INSTRUCTOR; PREDOCTORAL LECTURER; PREDOCTORAL TEACHING ASSIS-TANT; PREDOCTORAL TEACHING ASSOCIATE I; PREDOCTORAL TEACHING ASSOCIATE II; TUTOR, READER, OR GRADER IN ALL ACADEMIC UNITS AND TUTORING CENTERS;  PREDOCTORAL STAFF ASSISTANT; PREDOCTORAL STAFF AS-SOCIATE I; PREDOCTORAL STAFF ASSOCIATE II; PRE-DOCTOR­AL RESEARCHER; PREDOCTOR­AL RESEARCH ASSIS­TANT; PREDOCTOR­AL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE I; PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE II; AND ANY OTHER STUDENT EMPLOYEES WHOSE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THOSE EMPLOYEES, WHO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR WORK IN ANY OR ALL OF THOSE TYPES; EXCLUDING: STUDENTS WHO HAVE NO SERVICE EXPECTANCY IM­POSED UPON THEM BY THE EMPLOYER, CASUAL EM­PLOYEES, AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE EM­PLOYER.

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 41.56.203.

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:

GRADUATE STUDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION COALITION,

 INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE,

AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT

 WORKERS OF AMERICA (GSEAC/UAW), AFL-CIO

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

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 7th day of April, 2004.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MARVIN L. SCHURKE, Executive Director