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STATE OF WASHINGTON BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION |
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In the matter of the petition of: |
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WELLPINIT SCHOOL DISTRICT |
CASE 9374-E-91-1552 |
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involving certain of its employees represented by: |
DECISION 3945 - PECB |
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CLASSIFIED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION / WEA / NEA |
ORDER OF DISMISSAL |
On September 25, 1991, Wellpinit School District (employer) filed a letter with the Public Employment Relations Commission, seeking to raise a question concerning representation involving its classified employees. That correspondence stated:
The reason for this request is that no documented evidence has been shown that a union represents a majority of the employees.
The docket records of the Commission disclosed that the classified employees of the Wellpinit School District are represented for purposes of collective bargaining by Classified Public Employees Association / WEA / NEA (CPEA).[1]
A letter sent to the employer on October 25, 1991, asked for additional information. The employer’s attention was directed to Chapter 391-25 WAC, which contains rules for processing of representation cases, and specifically to WAC 391-25-090, which sets forth the requirements for a representation petition filed by an employer.[2] The employer had not filed the “affidavits or other documentation” required by WAC 391-25-090(3) to question the status of an incumbent exclusive bargaining representative. Given the defects in the documents then on file, the employer was allowed 14 days to file the required information or face dismissal of the case.
As of the date of this order, the employer has not supplied any further information to the Commission.
ORDER
The petition for investigation of a question concerning representation filed by the Wellpinit School District is hereby DISMISSED.
DATED at Olympia, Washington, this 16th day of December, 1991.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
[SIGNED]
REX L. LACY, Senior Staff Member
This order may be appealed by
filing a petition for review
with the Commission pursuant
to WAC 391-25-390(2).
[1] Notice is taken of Commission docket records indicating that the CPEA was certified as exclusive bargaining representative of the bargaining unit in question in Wellpinit School District, Decision 1243-A (PECB, 1982), and Wellpinit School District, Decision 2030 (PECB, 1984).
[2] The same letter noted the existence of two unfair labor practice cases which would have “blocked” processing of a representation case under WAC 391-25-370.