Pierce County, Decision 13019 (PECB, 2019)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
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In the matter of the petition of:
WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF COUNTY AND CITY EMPLOYEES
Involving certain employees of:
PIERCE COUNTY |
CASE 131475-E-19
DECISION 13019 - PECB
CORRECTED CERTIFICATION Cross-Check by Agreement of Parties
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Bill Keenan, Director of Organizing, for the Washington State Council of County and City Employees.
Joe Carrillo, Human Resources Deputy Director, for Pierce County.
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Washington State Council of County and City Employees filed with the Public Employment Relations Commission a petition concerning representation of the juvenile court probation case aid monitors job class at Pierce County. 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 Washington State Council of County and City Employees is described as:
All full-time and regular part-time juvenile probation officers, office assistants, and drug and alcohol counselors employed by the Pierce County Juvenile Court, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, 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 State Council of County and City Employees 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 Washington State Council of County and City Employees shall be modified to include the juvenile court probation case aid monitors job class for a bargaining unit described as:
All full-time and regular part-time juvenile probation officers, office assistants, drug and alcohol counselors, and case aid monitors employed by the Pierce County Juvenile Court, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, 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 41.56.060.
2. All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.
CERTIFICATION
The juvenile court probation case aid monitors job class at Pierce County have chosen
WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF COUNTY AND CITY EMPLOYEES
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 24th day of July, 2019.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
MICHAEL P. SELLARS, Executive Director