DECISIONS

Grays Harbor Transit, Decision 12953 (PECB, 2018)

                                                       STATE OF WASHINGTON

                     BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Kathleen L. Dawson, the decertification petitioner.

Peter Altman, Attorney at Law, Summit Law Group PLLC, for the Grays Harbor Transit.

Jason Holland, Organizing and Research Specialist, for the Washington Public Employees Association.

                                                            FINDINGS OF FACT

1.                  Kathleen L. Dawson filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of the Grays Harbor Transit.  The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a showing of interest administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.

2.                  The Washington Public Employees Association 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 administrative and accounting employees employed by Grays Harbor Transit, excluding 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.

5.                   

                                            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 Grays Harbor Transit in the appropriate bargaining unit described in finding of fact 3 have chosen

                                                          NO REPRESENTATION

as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  20th  day of December, 2018.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director