City of Ferndale, Decision 13146 (PECB, 2020)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Leo F. Painton, Labor Specialist, for Matt Herzog Memorial Lodge FOP 24.

Greg Hansen, Mayor, for the City of Ferndale.

Paul Miller, Bargaining Representative, for IAM and AW District Lodge 160.

Findings of Fact

1.                  The Matt Herzog Memorial Lodge FOP 24 filed a representation petition concerning employees of the City of Ferndale. The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) determined the petition was timely filed and accompanied by a sufficient showing of interest.

2.                  The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 160 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 Ferndale, Decision 6485 (PECB, 1998), is described as follows:

All full-time and regular part-time uniformed supervisors of the Ferndale Police Department, excluding 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

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

MATT HERZOG MEMORIAL LODGE FOP 24

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  13th  day of January, 2020.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director