Energy Northwest, Decision 12634 (PECB, 2016)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
In the matter of the petition of:
ASSOCIATION FOR SECURITY PROFESSIONALS
Involving certain employees of:
ENERGY NORTHWEST |
CASE 128413-E-16
DECISION 12634 - PECB
CERTIFICATION Representation Election by Agreement of Parties
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Lauren H. Berkowitz, Attorney at Law, for the petitioner, Association for Security Professionals.
Otto G. Klein III, Attorney at Law, Summit Law Group PLLC, for the employer, Energy Northwest.
Robert H. Lavitt, Attorney at Law, Schwerin Campbell Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, for the intervenor, United Steelworkers, Local 12-369.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Association for Security Professionals filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of Energy Northwest. The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.
2. United Steelworkers, Local 12-369 is the incumbent labor organization that represented the petitioned‑for employees and was granted status as intervenor in this proceeding.
3. These representation proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in the bargaining unit described as:
All uniformed security employees below the rank of sergeant employed by Energy Northwest.
4. All proceedings were conducted 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.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The unit described in Finding of Fact 3 is an appropriate unit for the purpose of collective bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.56.060.
2. All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.
CERTIFICATION
The employees of Energy Northwest in the appropriate bargaining unit described in Finding of Fact 3 have chosen
UNITED STEELWORKERS, LOCAL 12-369
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 28th day of November, 2016.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director