State – Commerce, Decision 12812 (PSRA, 2018)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES
Involving certain employees of:
STATE – COmmerce |
CASE 129685-E-17
DECISION 12812 - PSRA
CERTIFICATION Cross-Check by Agreement of Parties
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Herb Harris, Coordinator of PERC Activities, for the Washington Federation of State Employees.
Kelly M. Woodward, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General Robert W. Ferguson, for the Department of Commerce.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Washington Federation of State Employees filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of the non-supervisory and supervisory employees working at the Washington State Department of Commerce. 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 nonsupervisory bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees is described as:
All nonsupervisory civil service employees of the Washington State Department of Commerce working to develop community programs, all clerical positions (including employees in the Forms and Records Analyst job class), and all employees in the Management Analyst, Facilities and Safety Manager, and Procurement and Supply Specialist job series, excluding confidential employees, internal auditors, supervisors, Washington Management Service employees (on and after July 1, 2004), and all other employees.
The existing supervisory bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees is described as:
All supervisory civil service employees of the Washington State Department of Commerce working to develop community programs, all clerical positions (including employees in the Forms and Records Analyst job class), and all employees in the Management Analyst, Facilities and Safety Manager, and Procurement and Supply Specialist job series, excluding confidential employees, internal auditors, non-supervisory employees, Washington Management Service employees (on and after July 1, 2004), 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 Washington Federation of State Employees in its existing bargaining units. Confidential cross-checks of employer and union documents have been conducted by Commission staff and tallies of the results previously furnished to the parties are attached hereto, and no meritorious objections have been filed with respect to these proceedings.
4. The existing nonsupervisory bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees shall be modified to include the nonsupervisory Contracts Specialist 2 job class working in the Department of Commerce for a bargaining unit described as:
All non-supervisory civil service employees of the Washington State Department of Commerce working to develop community programs, all clerical positions (including employees in the Forms and Records Analyst job class), and all employees in the Management Analyst, Facilities and Safety Manager, and Procurement and Supply Specialist job series, excluding confidential employees, internal auditors, supervisors, Washington Management Service employees (on and after July 1, 2004), and all other employees.
The existing supervisory bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees shall be modified to include the supervisory Administrative Assistant 3 job class working at the Department of Commerce for a bargaining unit described as:
All supervisory civil service employees of the Washington State Department of Commerce working to develop community programs, all clerical positions (including employees in the Forms and Records Analyst job class), and all employees in the Management Analyst, Facilities and Safety Manager, and Procurement and Supply Specialist job series, excluding confidential employees, internal auditors, non-supervisory employees, Washington Management Service employees (on and after July 1, 2004), and all other employees.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The units described in Finding of Fact 4 are appropriate units 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 nonsupervisory Contracts Specialist 2 and supervisory Administrative Assistant 3 job class working at the Department of Commerce have chosen
WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 3rd day of January, 2018.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director