King County, Decision 13617 (PECB, 2023)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Paul Marvy, Projects Administrator, for PROTEC17.

James Crowe, Labor Relations Negotiator, for King County.

Findings of Fact

1.                  PROTEC17 filed a representation petition concerning the Social Service Professional, Social Service Professional-Senior, Project/Program Manager I, Project/Program Manager II, and Project/Program Manager III’s in the Jail Services Division at King 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 existing bargaining unit represented by PROTEC17 was voluntarily recognized. PERC would describe the existing bargaining unit as follows:

All full-time and part-time health professional and technical employees at King County in the following classifications: Application Worker, Education Specialist, Educator Consultant I, Educator Consultant II, Educator Consultant III, Family Resources Coordinator, Health Care Assistant, Health Outreach Aide, Health Program Assistant I, Health Program Assistant II, Laboratory Assistant I, Laboratory Assistant II, Medical Assistant, Medical Interpreter, Medical Interpreter/Translator, Medical Technologist, Microbiologist – Public Health, Microbiologist – Public Health – Senior, Nutrition Assistant, Nutrition Consultant I, Nutrition Consultant II, Nutritionist I, Nutritionist II, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Assistant, Pharmacy Supervisor, Pharmacy Technician, Social Services Specialist, Social Worker, Social Worker – Senior, and X-Ray Technician, 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 Social Service Professional, Social Service Professional-Senior, Project/Program Manager I, Project/Program Manager II, and Project/Program Manager III’s in the Jail Services Division for a bargaining unit described as follows:

All full-time and part-time health professional and technical employees at King County in the following classifications: Application Worker, Education Specialist, Educator Consultant I, Educator Consultant II, Educator Consultant III, Family Resources Coordinator, Health Care Assistant, Health Outreach Aide, Health Program Assistant I, Health Program Assistant II, Laboratory Assistant I, Laboratory Assistant II, Medical Assistant, Medical Interpreter, Medical Interpreter/Translator, Medical Technologist, Microbiologist – Public Health, Microbiologist – Public Health – Senior, Nutrition Assistant, Nutrition Consultant I, Nutrition Consultant II, Nutritionist I, Nutritionist II, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Assistant, Pharmacy Supervisor, Pharmacy Technician, Social Services Specialist, Social Worker, Social Worker – Senior, and X-Ray Technician; and all full-time, regular part-time, and temporary employees in King County’s Department of Public Health Jail Services Division in the following classifications: Social Service Professional, Social Service Professional – Senior, Project/Program Manager I, Project/Program Manager II, and Project/Program Manager III; 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

King County Social Service Professional, Social Service Professional-Senior, Project/Program Manager I, Project/Program Manager II, and Project/Program Manager III’s in the Jail Services Division 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  12th  day of January, 2023.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director