STATE OF WASHINGTON

          BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION


In the matter of the petition of:  )
                                   )
GRADUATE STUDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION   )
COALITION, INTERNATIONAL UNION,    )
UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND   )
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS     )
OF AMERICA (GSEAC/UAW), AFL-CIO    )    CASE 16288-E-02-2699 
                                   )
Involving certain employees of:    )    DECISION 8315-B - PECB
                                   )
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON           )    CERTIFICATION
                                   )    Representation Election
                                   )    by Agreement of Parties
___________________________________)    


     Theiler Douglas Drachler and McKee, by Paul Drachler, Attorney
     at Law, for the petitioner.

     Christine Gregiore, Attorney General, by Judy Mims, Assistant
     Attorney General, and Summit Law Group by Otto G. Klein III,
     Attorney at Law, 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 was accompanied by
     a showing of interest which was administratively determined by
     the Commission to be sufficient.

2.   The organization(s) listed above as intervenors (if applicable)
     timely moved for intervention in the proceedings, and each 
     motion for intervention was supported by a showing of interest
     which was administratively determined by the Commission to be 
     sufficient.

3.   These representation proceedings were conducted by the
     Commission in the bargaining unit described as:
          
          ALL REGULAR PART-TIME STUDENT/EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IN AN
          ACADEMIC PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
          WORKING IN ONE OR ANY COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING
          CLASSIFICATIONS: DECISION 8315-B - PECB                Page 

PREDOCTORAL INSTRUCTOR; PREDOCTORAL LECTURER; PREDOCTORAL TEACHING
ASSIS-TANT; PREDOCTORAL TEACHING ASSOCIATE I; PREDOCTORAL TEACHING
ASSOCIATE II; TUTOR, READER, OR GRADER IN ALL ACADEMIC UNITS AND
TUTORING CENTERS;  PREDOCTORAL STAFF ASSISTANT; PREDOCTORAL STAFF
AS-SOCIATE I; PREDOCTORAL STAFF ASSOCIATE II; PRE-DOCTORAL
RESEARCHER; PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT; PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH
ASSOCIATE I; PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE II; AND ANY OTHER
STUDENT EMPLOYEES WHOSE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE
SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THOSE EMPLOYEES, WHO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR
WORK IN ANY OR ALL OF THOSE TYPES; EXCLUDING: STUDENTS WHO HAVE NO
SERVICE EXPECTANCY IMPOSED UPON THEM BY THE EMPLOYER, CASUAL
EMPLOYEES, AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE EMPLOYER.


4.   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, if any; 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 3 of the foregoing Findings of
     Fact is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective
     bargaining within the meaning of RCW 41.56.203.

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 3 of the foregoing Findings
of Fact have chosen:
     
             GRADUATE STUDENT EMPLOYEE ACTION COALITION,
               INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, 
                 AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
                WORKERS OF AMERICA (GSEAC/UAW), AFL-CIO


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


Issued at Olympia, Washington, this  7th  day of April, 2004.


                         PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION



                         MARVIN L. SCHURKE, Executive Director