Washington State Department of Corrections, Decision 13872 (PSRA, 2024)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
In the matter of the petition of: teamsters local 117 Involving certain employees of: washington state department of corrections |
CASE 138152-E-24 DECISION 13872 - PSRA CERTIFICATION |
Eamon S. McCleery, Senior Staff Attorney, for Teamsters Local 117.
Lynn Allan, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General Robert W. Ferguson, for the Washington State Department of Corrections.
Findings of Fact
1. Teamsters Local 117 filed a representation petition concerning employees of the Washington State Department of Corrections. 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 Band 1 and Band 2 Washington Management Service employees working in the Men’s Prisons and Women’s Prisons Divisions at the Washington State Department of Corrections; excluding Band 1 and Band 2 Washington Management Service employees who supervise other Band 1 and Band 2 Washington Management Service employees, Washington Management Service employees excluded from bargaining under RCW 41.80.430(1)(b), 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.
Conclusions of Law
1. The unit described in finding of fact 2 is an appropriate unit within the meaning of RCW 41.80.070.
2. Representation proceedings were conducted in accordance with RCW 41.80.135 and chapter 391‑25 WAC.
certification
Washington State Department of Corrections employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 2 have chosen
Teamsters local 117
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 13th day of June, 2024.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director