Grays Harbor Transportation Authority, Decision 13160 (PECB, 2020)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Edward Earl Younglove III, Attorney at Law, Younglove & Coker, P.L.L.C., for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1765.

John Lee and Shannon E. Phillips, Attorneys at Law, Summit Law Group PLLC, for the Grays Harbor Transportation Authority.

Findings of Fact

1.                  The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1765 filed a representation petition concerning employees of the Grays Harbor Transportation Authority. 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 Operations Supervisors employed by Grays Harbor Transportation Authority, excluding confidential employees and all other employees.

3.                  Because the more than 50 percent showing of interest threshold was met, PERC conducted card check 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

Grays Harbor Transportation Authority employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 2 have chosen

Amalgamated transit union local 1765

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  3rd  day of March, 2020.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director