Community Transit, Decision 12738 (PECB, 2017)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, LOCAL 1576
Involving certain employees of:
COMMUNITY TRANSIT |
CASE 128980-E-17
DECISION 12738 - PECB
CERTIFICATION Cross-Check by Agreement of Parties
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Kathleen Custer, President/Business Agent, for the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1576.
Sara Burnett, Labor Relations Manager, for the Community Transit.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1576 filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of the Swift Service Ambassador at the Community Transit. 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 Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1576 is described as:
All Coach Operators, Dispatchers, Instructors, Lead Instructors, Customer Information Specialists, Sales & Distribution Specialists, Facilities Maintenance Tech I, Facility Maintenance Tech II (Journeymen), and Internal Security Officers employed by Community Transit, excluding confidential employees, supervisors, 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 Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1576 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 Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1576 shall be modified to include the Swift Service Ambassador job class for a bargaining unit described as:
All Coach Operators, Dispatchers, Instructors, Lead Instructors, Customer Information Specialists, Sales & Distribution Specialists, Facilities Maintenance Tech I, Facility Maintenance Tech II (Journeymen), Internal Security Officers, and Swift Service Ambassadors employed by Community Transit, excluding confidential employees, supervisors, 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 Swift Service Ambassador job class at Community Transit have chosen
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, LOCAL 1576
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 30th day of June, 2017.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director