DECISIONS

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

In the matter of the petition of:      )

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ANDREA SHEAHAN                                                                                                  )                      CASE 18802-E-04-2983

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Involving certain employees of:   )                      DECISION 9205-E - PECB

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KING COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL                                     )

DISTRICT 2                                                                                                                     )                     

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SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL     )

UNION, LOCAL 1199NW                                                                                      )                      CASE 19842-E-05-3106

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Involving certain employees of:   )                      DECISION 9206-E - PECB

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KING COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL                                     )                      CERTIFICATION

DISTRICT 2                                                                                                                     )                      Representation Election

)                      by Agreement of Parties

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Margaret Cary, Attorney at Law, for Service Employees International Union, Local 1199NW.

Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, by Mark A. Hutcheson, Attorney at Law, for the employer.

Andrea Sheahan and Phil Cortese, for the intervenor, Kirkland 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 CLERICAL AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF KING COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT 2 (EVERGREEN HOSPITAL), EXCLUDING CASUAL EMPLOYEES, SUPERVISORS, CONFIDENTIAL 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 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:

                 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1199NW

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

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 28^th day of February, 2007.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

CATHLEEN CALLAHAN, Executive Director