Clark County, Decision 5711 (PECB, 1996)

On June 20, 1996, the Clark County Custody Officers Guild (CCCOG) filed a petition for clarification of an existing bargaining unit with the Public Employment Relations Commission under Chapter 391-35 WAC. The CCCOG sought to have 15 “offender crew chief” and “lead crew chief” positions accreted into the bargaining unit of corrections employees which it now represents.

The petition and a supplemental statement provided by the CCCOG were reviewed in light of the case file for Case 11354-E-94-1866. That representation case had resulted in the certification of the CCCOG as exclusive bargaining representative of the corrections employees, on May 31, 1995. It appeared that the result sought by the CCCOG in the above-captioned may not be available through unit clarification proceedings before the Commission.

Both the limited circumstances for accretion and the insufficiency of the petition filed in the above-captioned matter were set forth in a letter sent to the parties on September 26, 1996. The CCCOG was given a period of 14 days to file and serve an amended petition setting forth the basis for its accretion claims in this proceeding. The CCCOG has neither responded to that directive nor withdrawn its petition.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is

ORDERED

The petition for clarification of an existing bargaining unit filed in the above-captioned matter is DISMISSED as insufficient.

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 1st day of November, 1996.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

[SIGNED]

MARVIN L. SCHURKE, Executive Director

This order will be the final order of the agency unless appealed by filing a petition for review with the Commission pursuant to WAC 391-35-210.