University of Washington, Decision 12777 (PSRA, 2017)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 925
Involving certain employees of:
university of washington |
CASE 129404-E-17
DECISION 12777 - PSRA
CERTIFICATION Cross-Check by Agreement of Parties
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Paul Dillon, Organizing Director, for the Service Employees International Union, Local 925.
Jennifer K. Schubert, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General Robert W. Ferguson, for the University of Washington.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Service Employees International Union, Local 925 filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of the Physical Therapists 1, 2, 3, and Specialists working for the University of Washington Hall Health Center. 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 Service Employees International Union, Local 925 is described as:
All full-time and regular part-time non-supervisory laboratory technical employees employed by the University of Washington in hospitals and clinics operated by the University of Washington, excluding confidential employees, supervisors, internal auditors, 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 Service Employees International Union, Local 925 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 Service Employees International Union, Local 925 shall be modified to include the Physical Therapists 1, 2, 3, and Specialists working for the University of Washington Hall Health Center for a bargaining unit described as:
All
full-time and regular part-time non-supervisory laboratory technical employees
employed by the University of Washington in hospitals and clinics operated by
the University of Washington, excluding confidential employees, supervisors,
internal auditors, 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 41.80.070.
2. All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.
CERTIFICATION
The Physical Therapists 1, 2, 3, and Specialists working for the University of Washington Hall Health Center have chosen
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 925
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 20th day of September, 2017.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director