STATE OF WASHINGTON

          BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION


In the matter of the petition of:  )
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TEAMSTERS UNION, LOCAL 117         )    CASE 21650-E-08-3355 
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Involving certain employees of:    )    DECISION 10077 - PECB
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KING COUNTY                        )    CERTIFICATION
                                   )    Cross-check by
___________________________________)    Agreement of Parties


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

     Karen Place, 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 PROJECT/PROGRAM
          MANAGERS OF KING COUNTY IN AGRICULTURE, CURRENT USE
          TAXATION AND FORESTRY WITH THE OFFICE OF RURAL AND
          RESOURCES PROGRAMS, WATER AND LAND RESOURCES DIVISION AND
          NATURAL RESOURCES AND PARKS DEPARTMENT, EXCLUDING
          SUPERVISORS, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, PROJECT/PROGRAM
          MANAGER UNION CODE 0017A, 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 22nd day of May, 2008.


                         PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION




                         CATHLEEN CALLAHAN, Executive Director