Public Utility District 1 of Skagit County, Decision 13587 (PECB, 2022)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Kelsey Copps, Organizer and Business Representative, for Teamsters Local 231.

Kathy White, Human Resources Manager, for the Public Utility District 1 of Skagit County.

Findings of Fact

1.                  Teamsters Local 231 filed a representation petition concerning employees of the Public Utility District 1 of Skagit County. 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 nonsupervisory Customer Service Representatives and Billing Clerks employed by the Public Utility District 1 of Skagit County, excluding confidential employees, supervisory 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.

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 41.56.095 and chapter 391‑25 WAC.

certification

Public Utility District 1 of Skagit County employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 2 have chosen

teamsters local 231

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  1st  day of November, 2022.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director