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Decision Information

City of Seattle, Decision 13609 (PECB, 2023)

Collection DECISIONS
Date 01/04/2023
Case Number 135378-E-22
Decision Maker Executive Director
Case Type Certification
Additional Information By card check, 13 eligible employees
Statute PECB - RCW 41.56

Decision Content

City of Seattle, Decision 13609 (PECB, 2023)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

In the matter of the petition of:

PROTEC17

Involving certain employees of:

CITY OF SEATTLE

CASE 135378-E-22

DECISION 13609 - PECB

CERTIFICATION
Self-Determination by Card Check

Paul Marvy, Projects Administrator, for PROTEC17.

Shaun Van Eyk, Labor Relations Director, for the City of Seattle.

Findings of Fact

1.                  PROTEC17 filed a representation petition concerning the Deputy City Clerks and Strategic Advisors at the City of Seattle. 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 City of Seattle, Decision 13479 (PECB, 2022), represented by PROTEC17 is described as follows:

All full-time and regular part-time Strategic Advisor – Audit, Legislative Analysts, and Analyst Supervisors of the City of Seattle, 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 were filed.

4.                  The existing bargaining unit represented by PROTEC17 shall be modified to include the Deputy City Clerks and Strategic Advisors for a bargaining unit described as follows:

All temporary, regular full-time, and regular part-time employees who are identified as Strategic Advisor – Audit (Office of City Auditor), Strategic Advisor – Legislative (Central Staff Division), Strategic Advisor – Legislative (Office of the City Clerk) and Executive Assistant Senior (Office of City Clerk), excluding 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

The City of Seattle Deputy City Clerks and Strategic Advisors employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 4 have chosen

PROTEC17

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  4th  day of January, 2023.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director

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