City of Blaine, Decision 12806 (PECB, 2017)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
Involving certain employees of:
CITY OF BLAINE |
CASE 129728-E-17
DECISION 12806 - PECB
CERTIFICATION Representation Election by Agreement of Parties
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Leo Painton, Labor Specialist, for the petitioner, Fraternal Order of Police.
David Wilbrecht, City Manager, for the employer, City of Blaine.
Rich Ewing, Secretary/Treasurer, for the intervenor, Teamsters Local 231.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Fraternal Order of Police filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of the City of Blaine. The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.
2. Teamsters Local 231 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 police officers employed by the City of Blaine, including police sergeants, excluding captains, the Chief of Police, 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 Blaine in the appropriate bargaining unit described in Finding of Fact 3 have chosen
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 15th day of December, 2017.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director