City of Chehalis, Decision 12639 (PECB, 2016)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
CHEHALIS POLICE OFFICERS GUILD
Involving certain employees of:
CITY OF CHEHALIS |
CASE 128473-E-16
DECISION 12639 - PECB
CERTIFICATION Representation Election by Agreement of Parties
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Sean Lemoine, Attorney at Law, Lemoine Legal Services, P.C., for the petitioner, Chehalis Police Officers Guild.
Judy Schave, Human Resources/Risk Manager, for the employer, City of Chehalis.
Darren L. O’Neil, Secretary-Treasurer, for the intervenor, Teamsters Local 252.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Chehalis Police Officers Guild filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of the City of Chehalis. The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.
2. Teamsters Local 252 is the incumbent labor organization that represented the petitioned‑for employees and was granted status as intervenor in these proceedings.
3. These representation proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in the bargaining unit described as:
All full-time and regular part-time non-supervisory uniformed police officers employed by the City of Chehalis, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, and all other employees.
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 the City of Chehalis in the appropriate bargaining unit described in Finding of Fact 3 have chosen
CHEHALIS POLICE OFFICERS GUILD
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