Appearances:

For Petitioner: Elizabeth Sholund

For Employer:Donna M. Schaan

FINDINGS OF FACT

1.                  The above-named Petitioner timely filed with the Commission a petition for investigation of a question concerning representation of employees of the above-named employer; said petition was accompanied by a showing of interest which was administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient; and the employer declined voluntarily to extend recognition to the Petitioner as the exclusive bargaining representative of its employees.

2.                  The organization(s), if any, listed as intervenors above timely moved for intervention in the captioned proceedings; and said motion(s) for intervention was in each case 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 part-time (one-half time or more) salaried employees of Timberland Regional Library System CONDITIONALLY EXCLUDING professional employees; CONDITIONALLY EXCLUDING supervisory employees; EXCLUDING the Director, the Associate Director, Assistant Director, Business Manager, Personnel Administrator and confidential clerical 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 select
ion of their bargaining representative, if any; a tally of the results was previously furnished to the parties and is attached hereto; and no meritorious objections have been filed with respect to these proceedings.

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

The unit described in finding of fact number 3 is an appropriate unit for thepurposes of collective bargaining within the meaning of RCW41.56.060;and all conditions precedent to a certification have been met.NOW, THEREFORE, it is

CERTIFIED

The majority of the employees of the above named employer employed in the appropriate collective bargaining unit described in finding of fact number 3 havechosen

                TIMBERLAND REGIONAL LIBRARY STAFF ASSOCIATION

as their representative for the purposes of collective bargaining with their employer with respect to wages, hours and conditions of employment.

Issued at Olympia, Washington, this 11^th day of December, 1978.

cc: Ward Rathbone Larry T. Yok

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSI0N

[SIGNED]

MARVIN L. SCHURKE, Executive Director