Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Decision 14127 (PSRA, 2025)

STATE OF WASHINGTON

BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

David Simmons, Business Representative, for Teamsters Local 760.

Suzanne M. LiaBraaten, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General Nicholas W. Brown, for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.

Amanda Hacker, President, for the Washington Public Employees Association.

Findings of Fact

1.                  Teamsters Local 760 filed a representation petition concerning employees of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) determined the petition was timely filed and accompanied by a sufficient showing of interest.

2.                  The Washington Public Employees Association is the incumbent labor organization that represented the petitioned‑for employees and was granted status as intervenor in these proceedings.

3.                  The bargaining unit is described as follows:

All nonsupervisory civil service Natural Resources Police Officers working at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, excluding confidential employees, Internal Auditors, Supervisors, Washington Management Service Employees, employees in other bargaining units, and all other employees.

4.                  PERC conducted election proceedings. The employees were given 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 3 is an appropriate unit within the meaning of. RCW 41.80.070

2.                  Representation proceedings were conducted in accordance with RCW 41.80.080 and chapter 391‑25 WAC.

certification

Washington State Department of Natural Resources employees in the bargaining unit described in finding of fact 3 have chosen

teamsters local 760

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

ISSUED at Olympia, Washington, this  2nd  day of June, 2025.

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

Michael P. Sellars, Executive Director