Sunnyside School District, Decision 12688 (PECB, 2017)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
In the matter of the petition of:
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OF WASHINGTON
Involving certain employees of:
SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT |
CASE 128711-E-17
DECISION 12688 - PECB
CERTIFICATION Cross-Check by Agreement of Parties
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Shannon Sehlin, Lead Organizer, for the Public School Employees of Washington.
Debbie Holwegner, Executive Director of Human Resources, for the Sunnyside School District.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Public School Employees of Washington filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of the Secretarial Support Staff working for the Sunnyside School District Transportation Department. The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient. No other organization is known to claim to represent the employees involved.
2. The existing bargaining unit represented by the Public School Employees of Washington is described as:
All full-time and regular part-time bus drivers and mechanics of the Sunnyside School District, excluding supervisors, confidential employees and all other employees.
3. All proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of whether they wished to be represented by the Public School Employees of Washington in its existing bargaining unit. 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.
4. The existing bargaining unit represented by the Public School Employees of Washington shall be modified to include the Secretarial Support Staff working for the Sunnyside School District Transportation Department for a bargaining unit described as:
All full-time and regular part-time bus drivers, mechanics, and secretarial support staff in the Sunnyside School District Transportation Department, excluding supervisors, confidential employees and all other employees.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The unit described in Finding of Fact 4 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 Secretarial Support Staff working for the Sunnyside School District Transportation Department have chosen
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OF WASHINGTON
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 4th day of May, 2017.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director