Puyallup School District, Decision 13431 (PECB, 2021)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Tania Maria Rosario, Organizer, for the Public School Employees of Washington.

John Polm, Superintendent, for the Puyallup School District.

Findings of Fact

1.                  The Public School Employees of Washington filed a representation petition concerning the Transportation Generalists and Transportation Specialists at the Puyallup School District. 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 existing bargaining unit, last certified in Puyallup School District, Decision 13270 (PECB, 2020), represented by the Public School Employees of Washington is described as follows:

All full-time, regular part-time, and substitute Bus Drivers of the Puyallup School District, excluding supervisors, 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 were filed.

4.                  The existing bargaining unit represented by the Public School Employees of Washington shall be modified to include the Transportation Generalists and Transportation Specialists for a bargaining unit described as follows:

All full-time, regular part-time, and substitute Bus Drivers and Transportation Specialists of the Puyallup School District, excluding supervisors, confidential employees, and all other employees.

Conclusions of Law

1.                  The unit described in finding of fact 4 is an appropriate unit within the meaning of RCW 41.56.060.

2.                  Representation proceedings were conducted in accordance with RCW 41.56.095 and chapter 391‑25 WAC.

certification

Puyallup School District Transportation Generalists and Transportation Specialists employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 4 have chosen

public school employees of Washington

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  4th  day of November, 2021.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director