Pierce Transit, Decision 14052 (PECB, 2025)
STATE OF WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
In the matter of the petition of: PROTEC17 Involving certain employees of: Pierce Transit (Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area) |
CASE 141588-E-24 DECISION 14052 - PECB CERTIFICATION |
Louis Garcia, Organizer, for PROTEC17.
Kendra Brokman, Labor Negotiator, for Pierce Transit.
Findings of Fact
1. PROTEC17 filed a representation petition concerning employees of Pierce Transit. 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 employees in Pierce Transit’s IT Department with the following classifications: Systems Analyst, Systems Analyst Senior, Information Technology Specialist, and Information Technology Enterprise Architect, excluding statutory supervisors, confidential employees, employees in other bargaining units, 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
Pierce Transit employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 2 have chosen
PROTEC17
as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining with their employer.
ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this 20th day of February, 2025.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION
Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director