City of Gig Harbor, Decision 13158 (PECB, 2020)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Eamon McCleery, Staff Attorney, for Teamsters Local 117.

Sofia D. Mabee, Attorney, Summit Law Group PLLC, for the City of Gig Harbor.

Findings of Fact

1.                  Teamsters Local 117 filed a representation petition concerning employees of the City of Gig Harbor. The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) determined the petition was timely filed and accompanied by a sufficient showing of interest. No other organization claimed to represent the employees involved.

2.                  The bargaining unit is described as follows:

All full-time and regular part-time non-uniformed employees of the employer; excluding supervisors, confidential employees and all other employees of the employer.

3.                  PERC conducted election proceedings. The employees were given a 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 2 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 Gig Harbor employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 2 have chosen

teamsters local 117

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  6th  day of February, 2020.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director