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City of Tukwila, Decision 12637 (PECB, 2016)

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Date 12/08/2016
Case Number 128476-E-16
Decision Maker Executive Director
Case Type Certification
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By Cross-Check, 4 Eligible Employees

Statute PECB - RCW 41.56

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City of Tukwila, Decision 12637 (PECB, 2016)

                                                                             

                                                       STATE OF WASHINGTON

 

                  BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

In the matter of the petition of:

 

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, GREEN RIVER VALLEY LODGE 27

 

Involving certain employees of:

 

CITY OF TUKWILA

 

 

CASE 128476-E-16

 

DECISION 12637 - PECB

 

CERTIFICATION

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Agreement of Parties

 

 

A. W. Buster McGehee, Labor Specialist, for the Fraternal Order of Police, Green River Valley Lodge 27.

 

Stephanie Brown-Smith, Human Resources Director, for the City of Tukwila.

 

                                                            FINDINGS OF FACT

 

1.                  The Fraternal Order of Police, Green River Valley Lodge 27 filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of the City of Tukwila.  The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.  No other organization claims to represent the employees involved.

 

2.                  These representation proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in the bargaining unit described as:

 

All full-time and regular part-time police commanders of the City of Tukwila Police Department, excluding confidential employees and all other employees.

 

3.                  All proceedings were conducted in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of a bargaining representative, if any; a confidential cross-check of employer and union documents has been conducted by Commission staff and 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 2 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 the City of Tukwila in the appropriate bargaining unit described in Finding of Fact 2 have chosen

 

              FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, GREEN RIVER VALLEY LODGE 27

 

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

 

 

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  8th  day of December, 2016.

 

 

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

 

 

 

MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director

 

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