STATE OF WASHINGTON

          BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION


In the matter of the petition of:  )
                                   )
TEAMSTERS UNION, LOCAL 117         )    CASE 21612-E-08-3348 
                                   )
Involving certain employees of:    )    DECISION 10070 - PECB
                                   )
KING COUNTY                        )    CERTIFICATION
                                   )    Cross-check by
___________________________________)    Agreement of Parties

     Spencer Nathal Thal, Attorney at Law, for the petitioner.

     Amy Bann, Labor Negotiator, for the employer.

                           FINDINGS OF FACT

1.   The above-named petitioner filed with the Public Employment
     Relations Commission a petition for investigation of a question
     concerning representation of employees of the above-named
     employer. The petition was timely filed and accompanied by a
     showing of interest which was administratively determined by
     the Commission to be sufficient. No other organization is known
     to claim to represent the employees involved.

2.   These representation proceedings were conducted by the
     Commission in the bargaining unit described as:

          ALL FULL-TIME AND REGULAR PART-TIME SECTION MANAGERS AND
          ASSISTANT MANAGERS OF KING COUNTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT
          DIVISION, EXCLUDING CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES AND ALL OTHER 
          EMPLOYEES.

3.   All proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the
     Commission in a manner designed to afford the affected
     employees a free choice in the selection of their bargaining
     representative, a confidential cross-check of employer and
     union documents has been conducted by the Commission staff and
     a tally of the results previously furnished to the parties is
     attached hereto; and no meritorious objections have been filed
     with respect to these proceedings.

                          CONCLUSION OF LAW

1.   The unit described in paragraph 2 of the foregoing Findings of
     Fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective
     bargaining within the meaning of 41.56.060 RCW.

2.   All conditions precedent to a certification have been met.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is


                              CERTIFIED


The employees of the above-named employer in the appropriate
bargaining unit described in paragraph 2 of the foregoing Findings
of Fact have chosen:


                      TEAMSTERS UNION, LOCAL 117


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

     
Issued at Olympia, Washington, this  13th  day of May, 2008.

                    PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION


                    KENNETH J. LATSCH, Special Projects Manager