Yakima County, Decision 13631 (PECB, 2023)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
| In the matter of the petition of: Yakima County Sheriff’s Office Non Commissioned Employees’ Guild Involving certain employees of: Yakima County |
CASE 136133-E-23 DECISION 13631 - PECB ORDER WITHDRAWING |
David W. Ballew, Attorney at Law, Reid, McCarthy, Ballew & Leahy, L.L.P., for Teamsters Local 760.
Anthony F. Menke, Attorney at Law, Menke Jackson Beyer, LLP, for Yakima County.
On January 6, 2023, the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office Non Commissioned Employees Guild filed a petition with the Public Employment Relations Commission, seeking to decertify Teamsters Local 760 as the exclusive bargaining representative of employees at Yakima County. The bargaining unit is described as:
All regular full-time and regular part-time employees of the Yakima County Sheriff’s Department, excluding the sheriff, the sheriff’s confidential secretary, unclassified civil service appointees; all fully commissioned uniformed deputy sheriff’s; sergeants and lieutenants as defined in RCW 41.26.030; all security officers, security supervisors, sergeants and lieutenants.
Yakima County, Decision 12899 (PECB, 2018).
On February 14, 2023, Teamsters Local 760 filed a written disclaimer of all representation rights concerning the bargaining unit, effective immediately. Based upon Teamsters Local 760’s disclaimer, further decertification proceedings are not necessary.
ORDER
Teamsters Local 760’s request is granted. The certification issued in Yakima County, Decision 12899 (PECB, 2018) is withdrawn, Teamsters Local 760 no longer represents the bargaining unit, and the case is closed.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 15th day of February, 2023.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director