City of Brier, Decision 13112 (PECB, 2019)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Eamon McCleery, Staff Attorney, for Teamsters Local 117.

Bob Colinas, Mayor, for the City of Brier.

Leo F. Painton, Labor Specialist, for the Fraternal Order of Police.

Findings of Fact

1.                  The Teamsters Local 117 filed a representation petition concerning employees of the City of Brier. The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) determined the petition was timely filed and accompanied by a sufficient showing of interest.

2.                  The Sno-King Eddie Thomas Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 30 is the incumbent labor organization that represented the petitioned‑for employees and was granted status as intervenor in these proceedings.

3.                  The bargaining unit, last certified in City of Brier, Decision 10985 (PECB, 2011), is described as follows:

All Commissioned Police Officers through the rank of sergeant employed by the City of Brier Police Department, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, and all other employees.

4.                  PERC conducted election proceedings. The employees were given free choice in the proceedings. The tally of results was provided to the parties. No meritorious election objections have been filed.

Conclusions of Law

1.                  The unit described in finding of fact 3 is an appropriate unit within the meaning of RCW 41.56.060.

2.                  Representation proceedings were conducted in accordance with RCW 41.56.060 and chapter 391‑25 WAC.

certification

City of Brier employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 3 have chosen

TEamsters local 117

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  13th  day of December, 2019.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director