City of Shoreline, Decision 13074 (PECB, 2019)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
In the matter of the petition of:
TEamsters local 763
Involving certain employees of:
city of shoreline |
CASE 131936-E-19
DECISION 13074 - PECB
CERTIFICATION Cross-Check by Agreement of Parties
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Chad Baker, Business Agent, for Teamsters Local 763.
Elizabeth R. Kennar, Attorney at Law, Summit Law Group PLLC, for the City of Shoreline.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. Teamsters Local 763 filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of employees of the City of Shoreline. 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. These representation proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the Commission in the bargaining unit described as:
All full-time and regular part-time nonsupervisory maintenance workers at the City of Shoreline, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, temporary maintenance workers, and all other employees.
3. All proceedings were conducted in a manner designed to afford the affected employees a free choice in the selection of a bargaining representative, if any; 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.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1. The unit described in finding of fact 2 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 Shoreline in the appropriate bargaining unit described in finding of fact 2 have chosen
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 763
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 24th day of September, 2019.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director